Month: April 2014

Prepare to laugh loud and laugh often during Allen Community College’s performance of William Shakespeare’s “The Comedy of Errors.” The show opens tonight at 7:30 and will run on Friday and Saturday at the Bowlus…

OSAWATOMIE — Iola High’s golf team had four goals entering Tuesday’s Osawatomie Invitational.Doug Kerr wanted the Mustang golfers to:1. Establish a strong lead in the Pioneer League race, with the cumulative scores of three tournaments…

FREDONIA — Humboldt High’s Robbie Sellman recovered nicely from a rough front nine to earn a sixth-place medal at the Fredonia Invitational Tuesday.After struggling through the first nine holes with a 43, the Humboldt junior…

YATES CENTER — Marmaton Valley Junior High’s Makayla Brooks continues to pile up the gold this track and field season. Brooks pulled in three gold medals, winning the long jump, 100- and 200-meter dashes for…

GARNETT — Iola Middle School’s Mea DeLaTorre and Addy Prather took home second and third place, respectively, at the Anderson County Invitational.DeLaTorre’s 57 was four strokes better than Prather’s 61. They were followed by Mia…

WELLSVILLE — Iola High’s softball team had a rough go of it Tuesday, dropping both games of a doubleheader to Wellsville, 17-2 and 16-1.The losses drop the Fillies to 3-5 in Pioneer League play and…

CHANUTE — Iola Middle School’s Tayton Driskel has another record under his belt.The Pony seventh-grader ran a school record 56.84 seconds to win the 400-meter dash Tuesday at the Royster Rocket Invitational.Driskel’s time bettered Luke…

Offense and defense were on full display for the Allen Community College softball team in a doubleheader sweep against Cottey College Wednesday. The 7-2 and 15-0 wins  in Allen’s regular season finale extended the Red…

Now that trustees have overseen the construction of a new hospital, comes the business of managing it. And it’s not always a bed of roses. Trustees grappled with troubling numbers and frustrated employees at their…

When she was a first-grader at Manter, a tiny town just 10 miles from Colorado in southwest Kansas, Lori Gunzelman got her first taste of teaching. “She was so far ahead of the others in…