Month: October 2011

Sophomore Kelli Wilkinson became the first Uniontown High athlete to qualify for a state cross country meet. This is the first year Uniontown has had a cross country program. Wilkinson finished 14th at the Kansas…

Iola High’s volleyball season ended in the first round of Saturday’s Kansas Class 4A Substate Tournament in Garnett.Top-seeded Chanute beat the Fillies 25-9, 25-21 and went on to win the substate championship.“The first set showed…

HUMBOLDT — Winning the inaugural King of America Modified Nationals, veteran driver Kelly Shryock said “we should race here 100 times a year” during a post-race interview Saturday night.That’s a testament to Humboldt Speedway owners…

Uniontown claimed the 2011 Allen County Youth Tackle Football League championship here Monday night beating Iola Blue 14-0.The game was scoreless until the fourth quarter.Ty Gorman, who had 31 yards rushing, scored the first touchdown…

An economic summit will bring together state lawmakers and others interested in seeing southeast Kansas recover from the ongoing recession.State Sen. Jeff King, who represents all of Allen County, announced on Monday the Nov. 17…

State Sen. Jeff King told Allen County education officials Monday he supports the governor’s intent to rework the state’s education finance formula but insisted an equalization mechanism must be maintained.Gov. Sam Brownback is working on…

Students in Briana Curry’s first-grade class at McKinley Elementary weren’t overly sure of themselves when they made practice emergency 911 calls Monday afternoon.Not to worry, said Jody Mader, a dispatcher in her second year of…

A preschool program here that promotes interaction between the young and the elderly is serving as a model for other school districts struggling to get kids ready for kindergarten.Jana Shaver, Kansas State Board of Education…

Iola officials will watch with interest on Wednesday a meeting of the Kansas Power Pool’s board of directors.At the meeting, KPP directors will decide on a number of requests by the city, such as allowing…

Water rates in Iola will be increased to make up a glaring shortfall in the city’s water fund budget.But in a reversal of an earlier decision, Iola City Council members declined a proposal to decrease…