Althea (Mattix) Petersilie, 98, died Monday, July 4, 2011, at Golden Heights in Garnett.Memorial serivces hosted by her daughters, Debbie (Mattix) Haskins and Bobbi (Mattix) Richards will be from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday at…

Carl E. Payne age, 79, of Colony died Thursday, June 30, 2011, at Dwight D. Eisenhower Veterans Administration Medical Center in Leavenworth. He was born, April 23, 1932, in LaHarpe, to George Albert and Hazel…

JaCoby Strunk and Chelsea Cypert, Weatherford, Okla., announce the birth of a son, Landon Michael Strunk, born on June 7, 2011, at 6:04 p. m. in Weatherford Regional Hospital. He weighed 8 pounds, 6 ounces…

Iolan John Morris hit a hole-in-one Tuesday evening at the Cedarbrook Golf and Fitness course in Iola.Morris used an 8-iron for the ace on the par-3 117-yard fourth hole. Witnessing the feat was James Miller.

BALDWIN — In the first game of a doubleheader with Baldwin here Tuesday night, Iola’s American Legion AA Indians’ losing streak grew to a bamboozling three games. They rectified that in the second game, bouncing…

When Brian Pekarek was hired as superintendent of the Iola school district in February, he saw an opportunity to “reinvigorate” USD 257.With a focus on academic achievement and public transparency, Pekarek hopes he can further…

An anticipated field of a thousand runners and walkers, who will flee Iola’s downtown business district early Saturday as Charley Melvin did in 1905, can be thankful that Melvin chose to do his dastardly deed…

If you’ve got enough of it, Friday night is the night to let your hair down.One sure test is to participate in the “Drag Race” as a runup to the Charlie Melvin Mad Bomber Run…

Calls to the 911 dispatch center average one almost every 10 minutes.And while that may sound a little slow, played out over 24 hours a day and every day of the year, the total comes…

LE ROY — Unlike the mechanized behemoths of today, Ray Whiteley’s mowing outfit was considerably quieter.His “engine” — a pair of 1,200-pound mules — needed only an occasional break from the stifling summer heat as…