Month: April 2011
The Southeast Kansas League showdown between the 7-1 Iola High Mustangs and the 5-1 Pittsburg High Purple Dragons did not happen Tuesday. Neither did the SEK softball doubleheader between Iola High’s Fillies and the PHS…
Blue Comets edge out Mustangs in IHS Buck Quincy Invitational One shot. That’s all that separated the top two teams at Tuesday’s 2011 Iola High Buck Quincy Invitational.Chanute High’s Blue Comets combined for a 351…
Allen County commissioners accepted the lone bids for two road projects in the Humboldt area, totaling just over $300,000, but rejected a third bid because of its high cost.The winning bidder for each — the…
Allen County commissioners said Tuesday they’d be delighted for Iola council meetings to convene in the courthouse. Now, Ken Rowe, one of eight new councilmen who took office April 18, has to convince at least…
Sunday will be a day of fun and frolic at Iola’s Riverside Park as the Iola Recreation Department, Iola Public Library, Bowlus Fine Arts Center and Sleeper Family Trust present the May Day Family Fun…
Grant Overstake has come full circle in his career as a journalist.Fresh out of college, Overstake took a job managing the Johnson City Pioneer, a small weekly in western Kansas. Job description: Everything, including reporting,…
Kenneth E. Pribbernow, 87, died Tuesday, April 12, 2011, at Brookside Manor in Overbrook. He was born Jan. 9, 1924, in his rural Piqua farm home to William (Bill) and Blanch Sloan Pribbernow. He attended…
Norma Jean Richards, 75, of LaHarpe died Friday, April 22, 2011, at Allen County Hospital in Iola.She was born Nov. 21, 1935, in St. Clair County, Mo., to Irus Clark and Julia Frances (Tucker) Wisner.…
John and Jenna Higginbotham, Ottawa, announce the birth of a daughter, Eliana Bonnie Marie, born Feb. 21, 2011, at Shawnee Mission Medical Center. She weighed 8 pounds, 11 ounces and was 20 inches long.Maternal grandparents…
