Month: September 2012

FREDONIA — Humboldt Middle School’s A-team stayed perfect for the volleyball season. The Lady Cubs defeated host Fredonia Middle School 25-17, 25-11 and 25-12, 25-13 Thursday.“The girls really played well tonight. Tilar Wells dug the…

Week 5 of Kansas high school football is done.For some football teams Friday night’s game was “just” a league game or regular season game. But for four area high school teams Friday, the games carried…

Evan Sigg’s pass was right on target. Isaac Vink looked back, made the catch in stride and raced into the end zone.Iola Middle School’s seventh-grade Ponies opened their home game Thursday with a 51-yard scoring…

It was tough going against visiting Pittsburg Community Middle School’s Purple Dragons for Iola Middle School’s eighth-grade Ponies Thursday.The Ponies found themselves down 24-0 in the second quarter. Nate Evans broke a 66-yard run to…

LE ROY — The first half was all it took for the Southern Coffey County High Titans to oust the Elk Valley High Lions.The Titans took to the ground for the majority of the game,…

Crest High’s Lancers lost a close, high-scoring game to the Waverly High Bulldogs Friday night.The game was a shootout from the start, leading to a final score of 70-36. The loss was not due to…

A discussion about the origins of Iola’s Buster Keaton Celebration proved one thing above all else: you can’t fit 10 years of memories into a paltry 50 minutes.A founders’ panel discussion, featuring five original Keaton…

Stereotypes based in Appalachia were the topic of a presentation given Friday during the 20th annual Buster Keaton Celebration at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center.Lisa Stein Haven, an assistant professor of English at Ohio University…

Buster Keaton’s skills as an entertainer were influenced by family.His parents, Joe and Myra Keaton, were vaudevillians; his father-in-law, Frank Cutler, was a writer of one-act plays and verse, and his wife’s uncle, Burt Cutler,…

A cure for Alzheimer’s has yet to be found — but the Iola Alzheimer’s Support Group will be walking until one is found. The group will be holding its fifth annual Walk to End Alzheimer’s…