James E. Anderson, 75, Carrollton, Texas, passed away on Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2016. He was born March 31, 1941, in Humboldt, to Thomas and Bessie (Taylor) Anderson. Prior to moving to Texas, James was an…

EL DORADO — The Red Devil women’s basketball team has experienced some offensive growing pains throughout the early going this season, but Monday’s 73-37 loss on the road against Butler Community College exposed their offensive…

EL DORADO — The Red Devil men’s basketball team has had an up-and-down start to their conference slate and now sits at 2-3 in the Jayhawk Conference after suffering a 91-83 loss at Butler Community…

Dear editor,I am writing to voice my opinion regarding the proposed multi-use lane on 9th Street. I have heard a few comments about the number of people in favor of this proposal who live outside…

Is Gov. Sam Brownback passing the buck or is he being coy with legislators?The Associated Press reported the governor intended to wait until January, when the 2017 session begins, to fix a budget deficit, which…

Virginia “Gini” Lee (Lamb) Nystrom, 86, Topeka, passed away Friday, Nov. 25, 2016 at Midland Hospice House.  Virginia was born Dec. 19, 1929 in Elsmore, the daughter of Otho Lamb and Louise Proehl Lamb. She…

LaHarpe volunteers, from left, Danny Ware, Harry Lee  and Juanell Garrett were among those who began installation of new playground equipment at the LaHarpe City Park Saturday. The volunteers will return this Saturday to continue…

Iola City Council members will decide soon whether to change their meeting nights each month.The discussion to move their regular meetings to the first and third Monday of each month — they currently meet the…

Darrell Cole has six months to make his home livable, or the house at 311 S. Chestnut St. will be demolished.Iola City Council members voted, 7-1, for the deadline extension after a lengthy discussion Monday…

Iola will send a notice to Gas that it intends to terminate a water purchase agreement between the two cities.The termination, it should be noted, will not take effect until 2031, giving the cities 15…