Month: April 2011

MOUND CITY — Marmaton Valley High’s softball team had trouble getting its offense going against host Jayhawk-Linn High’s Jayhawks Thursday. The Jayhawks beat the Wildcats 16-1 and 15-5 in two five-inning, run-rule games. “We had…

Stories on Iola High Mustangs at the Southeast Kansas League tennis tournament, Iola High Mustang golf team at Parsons, Iola High junior varsity baseball, Yates Center and Uniontown High track teams at Neodesha, Allen County…

OSAWATOMIE — Scoring points in 16 events, Iola High’s Mustangs gave their head coach a pleasant shock Thursday. “What a shot in the arm for our varsity boys. We graduated 126 points from our winning…

OSAWATOMIE — Maggie Wilson was flying high, setting a new meet pole vault record at the same time as Kelsey Larson was streaming around the track to win the 400-meter dash. Wilson and Larson helped…

Cara Boman and Chad Roach, Iola, announce their engagement and approaching marriage on July 23 at First Presbyterian Church in Iola. The bride-elect is the daughter of Dale Boman, Iola, and Carla Boman, Chanute. She…

Dale and Sandra Ligon, Iola, will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary at a reception at noon on Saturday at Claythorn Lodge in Columbus. Dale Ligon and Sandra Parsons were married April 29, 1961, at the…

Note to budget cutters: the U.S. economy slowed sharply in the first quarter. Economists cited these factors: high gas prices, which slowed consumer purchases for other things; bad weather, which slowed construction projects; and a…

Ben Bernanke, chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, held his first full-fledged news conference yesterday. Others are expected to follow every quarter or so.  The decision is a good one. The Fed needs demystifying. Answering…

Don’t let the word “boutique” scare your pocketbook away, said Kelly Sigg, who opened Audacious Boutique, 110 S. Jefferson Ave., April 14. “My goal is to keep everything in the shop affordable,” Sigg said. “The…

A well-balanced diet and regular exercise can help diabetics control their blood sugar, according to Kathy McEwan, Allen County extention agent. McEwan told about 25 area residents attending a diabetes workshop Wednesday in the Riverside…