Month: August 2011

PIQUA — Oftentimes, it’s the little things that can be insurmountable challenges to a person confined to a wheelchair.Take for instance the joy of soaking in a bathtub. For Connie Buller that was a long…

Bids will be opened Oct. 4 for extension of the Prairie Spirit Trail from Cofachique Park to Benton Street at the northeast corner of Riverside Park.Engineers estimated cost of the asphalt trail, 10 feet wide…

The U.S. 169 roundabout south of Garnett was closed for nearly 12 hours starting Monday afternoon after a highway transport carrying a load of ethanol crashed there.According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, Rodney Honn, 46,…

Iola’s 2012 budget remains in abeyance.City commissioners again deferred action on the budget at their meeting Monday night. The meeting was a continuation of their Aug. 22 meeting at which they rejected their budget, which…

The upcoming Allen County Community College drama season promises to showcase the entire spectrum of theater to local audiences.Students have begun rehearsing for their season opener, “The Drowsy Chaperone,” a self-described “musical-within-a-comedy” that runs Oct.…

Julia Marie Thomas, 86, of Coffeyville and formerly of Prescott, Mound City and LaHarpe died Sunday Aug. 28, 2011, at Windsor Placein Coffeyville. She was born Sept. 11, 1924, in Levant, to Joseph and Justina…

Jean L. Carr, 88, long-time Welda resident, died Saturday, August 27, 2011, at Windsor Place Nursing Center in Iola.She was born Jan. 23, 1923, in Cleveland, Ohio. In 1936, she and her mother, Faith (Marshall)…

Dear Editor,American Red Cross helps military and disaster victimsThe American Red Cross was mandated by Congress in 1907 to do two things: To provide service to the military and to respond to disasters. That has…

Rep. Lynn Jenkins had two suggestions for beefing up Social Security when she was in Iola Wednesday: increase the retirement age to 68 in recognition of the fact that we are living longer; and index…

PLEASANTON — Uniontown High’s Eagles battled Jayhawk-Linn High’s Jayhawks in the championship match of the Three Rivers League Preseason Tournament Saturday.It was defending tournament champion — the Eagles — against the returned Jayhawks.  Jayhawk-Linn had…