Month: October 2015

Humboldt High School and Marmaton Valley each competed in their respective volleyball sub-state tournaments on Saturday, but each team lost to end its seasons.The Cubs picked up a win against Erie in the first round…

CHANUTE — In their final game of the regular season, the Lady Red Devils recorded their best overall performance of the year.Allen Community College (9-9, 5-6) defeated Neosho Community College 24-0 on Saturday.It was the…

GARNETT — The Iola High School volleyball team lost in three sets to Anderson County during the 4A Division II Sub-State Tournament on Saturday (25-14, 25-14).The Fillies (4-28) entered postseason play as the No. 4…

GARNETT — For the first time since 2012, the Mustangs will compete at the state cross country meet as a team.Iola High School’s varsity boys squad finished in second place during Saturday’s 4A Regional Cross…

James (Jim) David Paxton, 58, Arma, died unexpectedly on Friday, Oct. 23, 2015 at the Girard Medical Center Emergency Room.He was born May 31, 1957, in Iola, the son of Dee and Janie (Walker) Paxton.…

Gene A. Kessler, 78, rural Colony, died Saturday, Oct. 24, 2015, at Windsor Place in Iola.Gene was born Sept. 21, 1937, in Thayer, the son of Archie and Sadie (Johnson) Kessler. He grew up in…

Kenneth Dene “Kenny” Slife, Sr., 67, Iola, died Saturday, Oct. 24, 2015, at Allen County Regional Hospital in Iola.Kenny was born Sept. 22, 1948, in Augusta, Ga. He moved to California with his stepfather and…

HUMBOLDT — One of the most prominent grave sites at Humboldt’s Mount Hope Cemetery now has a headstone.At a somber ceremony Saturday, members of Humboldt’s Camp 9 Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War…

Maybe baseball is just a game.Dr. Christopher Lovett described the sport as a “historical event” during his presentation to the Allen County Historical Society on Monday, but at the end of the day, baseball is…

The Iola Middle School football season came to a close Thursday night when the seventh-graders defeated Fort Scott 38-0 before the eighth-grade team lost 45-8.For the seventh-grade squad, 2015 marked one of the most successful…