George Tinsley, 91, formerly of Welda, died Saturday, Aug. 6, 2011, at his home in Checotah, Okla.  Funeral services will be at 2 p.m., Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2011, at the Feuerborn Family Funeral Service Chapel…

Elsie M. Bruenger, 89, Humboldt, died Friday, Aug. 5, 2011, at Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center in Chanute.She was born Feb. 1, 1922, on the family farm east of Humboldt, the daughter of Louis Fred…

Marjorie Lois Pruitt, 87, Iola, died Friday, Aug. 5, 2011, at Fountain Villa in Iola, where she has resided the past 11 years.She was born August 15, 1923, in Iola, the daughter of Jackson Leroy…

Emma Kathleen “Ducky” Garner, 77, of Iola, Kansas, died Friday, August 5, 2011, at Allen County Hospital in Iola.She was born Jan. 16, 1934, in Iola, the daughter of William H. and Faye (Coker) Newman.…

Kevin and Erica Richie, Round Rock, Texas, announce the birth of a son, Miles Leiam, born June 15, 2011, at Seton Hospital in Austin, Texas. He weighed 7 pounds, 8 ounces and was 19 1/2…

Concerned about ambulances We were saddened to read the disparaging remarks made by the two county paramedics and the Allen County commissioner from Humboldt that there is no comparison between the two services (Allen County…

Concluding the summer of weightlifting and conditioning, members of the Iola High football team plus three girls competed in the IHS strong man competition last week.On Wednesday morning and Thursday evening, the Iola student-athletes competed…

(Editor’s note: This is another in an occasional series about the churches of Iola.) Church of Christ, less than a mile south of Iola along old U.S. 169, is an island unto itself.“We do not…

Five people were taken to the hospital, including one to a medical center near Kansas City, following a two-vehicle accident north of Iola Sunday evening.According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, Ami S. Goldner, 46, Kincaid,…

MORAN — A house occupied by two brothers burned early Sunday morning.The home of Ethan and Landon Hammond at 428 S. Cedar St., was destroyed by the fire that was reported in the pre-dawn hours.Ethan…