Humboldt High’s basketball team has received another award, this time for the Cubs’ sportsmanship.The school has been notified by the Kansas State High School Activities Association that Humboldt will receive a plaque and certificate for…

Rich Weisensee, 54, one of the earliest stars on the baseball diamond in Allen Community College history and still the school’s single-season record holder for batting average, died Tuesday, following a year-long battle with cancer.Weisensee…

Memorial graveside services for Joseph Lee Maloney, Sr., 73, Iola, who died Dec. 26, 2012, in Pensacola, Fla., will be at 1 p.m., Monday at Highland Cemetery in Iola.  Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Memorial Chapel of…

Gene and Joan Wolfe will be celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary Saturday at Savonburg Community Building from 1 to 4 p.m.

Lisa Dion (Jensen) O’Brien passed away unexpectedly Saturday, March 16, 2013, at Deseret Health and Rehabilitation Center in Yates Center. She was 49. Lisa was born Aug. 29, 1963, in Iola, the daughter of Lewis…

Dennis Lee Catron, Sr., 60, Moran, died Saturday, March 16, 2013, at the V.A. Medical Center in Topeka.Dennis was born Sept. 13, 1952, in Iola, the son of Albun Edward and Lora Elizabeth (Prock) Catron.…

Last week the Kansas House of Representatives voted to allow concealed carry of guns in municipal, county and state buildings if they lacked adequate security including metal detectors and guards.The very thought makes Tom Williams,…

A countywide ambulance service could save property owners as much as 3 mills on their tax bills.That was County Commissioner Dick Works’ assessment of information presented at a meeting of an Iola-Allen County committee to…

WINFIELD — Allen Community College’s track team has taken to the outdoors quite well already.In their first outdoor meet of the season, the Red Devils qualified three entrants for the national meet, while Terika Henry…

PITTSBURG — Six Allen County Wrestling Club members will advance to a potential state tournament berth on the heels of their performances Saturday at a sub-district tournament.Led by Trenton Jones’ first-place finish in the 8-and-under,…