MORAN — A pair of losses for Marmaton Valley Junior High’s girls will offer “a good teaching moment,” head coach Kim Ensminger said. Visiting Jayhawk-Linn downed the Wildcat A team 22-16 and the B team…

Jessica Sheble, daughter of former Iola standout Shelley (Moore) Sheble, will take her basketball talents to Manhattan next fall.The 17-year-old Olathe North senior signed a letter of intent Nov. 15 to play basketball for Kansas…

Iola Middle School’s seventh- and eighth-grade girls ended their respective seasons on a high note Monday.The seventh-graders pulled away in the second quarter to defeat visiting Parsons 33-19. The eighth-graders didn’t wait that long, jumping…

Charles Raymond Diehl, 89, retired VFR pilot and retired Boeing Company employee, went to meet his wife and granddaughter in heaven, Sunday, Dec. 9, 2012.Visitation will be from 1 to 8 p.m. Tuesday with family…

Teresa Kay Cook, 51, Iola, passed away Monday, Dec.10, 2012, at Allen County Hospital.Teresa was born June 14, 1961, in Manhattan, the daughter of Clayton Justin and Glenna (Waters) LeValley. She attended Seven Dolors Catholic…

Wednesday is 12/12/12. Quick, buy a Powerball ticket using those magic numbers. Buy two. Or play 12 on a roulette wheel. Black and red. Twelve stands for a queen in playing cards. Three queens are…

HUMBOLDT — Humboldt council members were given a preliminary report Monday night on improvements needed to bring the city’s wastewater treatment plant up to snuff.B&G Consultants, Emporia, sent a representative to outline shortcomings of inflow,…

Henry “Skip” Kreibach’s house sits on the edge of Highway 58, nestled next to two barns and an old grain silo. A driver in a passing car wouldn’t take a second glance at the home…

City council members discussed the privatization of billing with the EMS services in Iola.City Administrator Carl Slaugh brought the proposal before the council, which includes three bids from private EMS billing companies — Omni EMS…

The Iola School Board meeting was rather eventful Monday night. First on the agenda was a presentation from senator-elect, current representative Caryn Tyson. Tyson gave a brief presentation regarding the upcoming year and the needs…