Month: January 2011

Every high school basketball team shoots free throws during practice. Tuesday was a normal practice session for Southern Coffey County High’s Lady Titans.“We shoot free throws every night at practice and I always have the…

With the final seconds ticking off the game clock in a tied game, Travis Hermstein hit a baseline jumper at the buzzer to lift Iola Middle School’s eighth-grade B-team to a 27-25 win over visiting…

Southeast Kansas League play opens tonight in basketball. Iola High’s Fillies and Mustangs are on the road tonight, where they have been all but once this month.But Tuesday the Fillies and Mustangs return HOME SWEET…

It’s a pay-it-forward philosophy at the Iola Senior Center’s thrift shop that has a touch of Rumplestiltskin weaved into it.Every donation to the center benefits others twice: items can be had at bargain prices whose…

Harold Gay, 58, and Kathy L. Alcorn-Gravatt, 52, were arrested Thursday evening when Allen County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a domestic violence call at 1740 Texas Rd. Gay allegedly threatened officers, who then blocked off…

Five-year-old Aysha Houk got her hair cut because she loves her former preschool teacher, Teresa Cook. Cook, who runs Munchkin-Land Preschool, has cancer. Aysha learned how Locks of Love takes long hair to make wigs…

Spinning a button on a string sounds easy — until you try it, observed Lincoln Elementary School fifth-grader Josh Fulton. Fulton, along with the rest of his class, spent a half hour with first grade…

A birthday party on Saturday at the Allen County Historical Museum, 20 S. Washington, will conclude the weeklong activities celebrating Kansas’ 150th anniversary of statehood. Area residents will have the opportunity to view new window…

Area residents hoping to get  a clearer picture on their health can do so at the annual Allen County Health Fair Saturday morning. The health fair coincides with the Iola Area Chamber of Commerce Business…

When it comes to energy efficiency, changing light bulbs is a simple switch that anyone can do. Replacing incandescent bulbs with energy efficient compact fluorescent (CFL) bulbs doesn’t take a large investment in money or…