Month: September 2016

MORAN — Marmaton Valley was able to pick up its eighth win of the season on Tuesday when it knocked off Jayhawk-Linn in three sets.The Wildcats got off to a great start with a first…

Going into the season, Iola football coach Doug Kerr knew which two-week stretch was going to be the toughest test for his Mustangs. They are currently in the midst of it.The reason why Wellsville and…

Homer D. Payne, 81, of Iola, passed away Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2016, at Heritage Health Care in Chanute.Homer was born April 29, 1935, in rural LaHarpe, the son of George Albert and Hazel (Colgin) Payne.…

Donald Edward “Don” Murray, 83, Iola, passed away Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2016, at Allen County Regional Hospital.Don was born Nov. 10, 1932, in Piqua, the son of Alvin L. and Elizabeth Theresa (Bux) Murray. He…

KINCAID — For more than 100 years, the small hamlet of Kincaid swells dramatically one weekend a year, usually in late September.This year is no exception, as organizers prepare for the weekend’s Kincaid Farmers Free…

There’s a certain type of American male for whom the Hollywood Western acts upon his system like a comfort food. It’s consolingly basic, composed of the same ingredients every time, and is — aside from…

PARSONS — Iola’s Taylor Payne went 1-3 in No. 1 singles action Monday at a Parsons junior varsity tennis tournament.Payne dropped her opening match to an Independence player, 6-2, before winning via forfeit over Coffeyville.Payne…

Iola’s seventh-grade A-Team lost their first set against Prairie View on Monday, but rallied for a five-set victory.The Fillies won the second set 25-15, but then dropped the third set, 25-21. With their backs against…

The Humboldt junior varsity football team has appeared to find a formula that works well for them.Give the ball to running back Conor Haviland and rely on your defense to do the rest. That philosophy…

Yates Center sophomore Hadley Splechter enjoyed a nice run around Allen Community College’s campus on Tuesday, as he prepares to go to Lawrence this weekend for the Rim Rock meet.  “I’m going to run for…