Iola Mayor Bill Shirley declared Thursday the “ambulance problem will be solved before Gary (McIntosh) and I leave office.”Shirley made the promise while speaking to the Iola Rotary Club. McIntosh, an Allen County commissioner and…

MORAN — A group of physics students at Marmaton Valley High School got quite a charge out of their most recent class project. Under the guidance of instructor Stephen Smith, they converted a 1978 MG…

Lacey Piley and Phillip Mock, Humboldt, announce the birth of a son, Tyson James, born April 20, 2011, at Allen County Hospital in Iola. He weighed 6 pounds, 6 ounces and was 18 1/2 inches…

Former LaHarpe resident Mabel Edna Peterson, 93, of Burlington died Wednesday, April 27, 2011, at Life Care Center of Burlington.She was born April 30, 1917, in Moran, to George Washington and Artie Jane (Tinsley) Alumbaugh.…

LTC Robert “Bob” Leland Larzalere (Ret.), 82, former member of Iola’s Kansas National Guard, died Tuesday, April 26, 2011, in Fort Collins, Colo. He was born Dec. 1, 1928, in Minneapolis, to August “Gus” William…

Helen Barbara Setter, 98, died Wednesday, April 27, 2011, at Ironwood Health and Rehabilitation Center in South Bend, Ind.She was born Aug. 17, 1912, in Owl Creek in Woodson County, to Richard C. Wagner (1874-1960)…

Former Neosho Falls resident Carol L. Guatney, 66, of Erie died Friday, April 29, 2011, at Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center in Chanute.Information about her life and funeral arrangements will be published when provided by…

Elaine M. Miles, 91, died Wednesday, April 27, 2011, at Via Christi Hospital in Pittsburg.She was born on Nov. 12, 1919, to George and Verle (Hummiston) Marsh at the family farmhouse outside of Kincaid. She…

FORT SCOTT — Marmaton Valley High’s Mercedes Trollope captured first place in the girls’ long jump at Tuesday’s Fort Scott High Junior Varsity Invitational track meet.Trollope won the event with a leap of 13 feet,…

UNIONTOWN — Uniontown High’s Eagle girls gave up just two runs in 12 innings of play Thursday night. The Eagles swept a Three Rivers League softball doubleheader at home against Altoona-Midway High’s Jets.“Our pitching was…