Month: December 2016

HUMBOLDT — On Thursday, ANW instructor Lisa Wicoff braided two marvels of human invention — high-level computer coding and hip-hop line dancing — into one compelling lesson designed to impress upon students the importance of…

Lucas Wallace Stauffer Rodriguez, son of Timothy and Violeta Stauffer, was born Monday, Dec. 5, 2016 at Shawnee Mission Regional Center, Kansas City, Kan.  Lucas weighed 7 pounds, 11 ounces and was 19¾ inches long.…

My real-time remembrances of World War II — being born in 1943 — are limited to the evening my father, Ed Johnson, arrived home after his discharge on a train at Durand, a solitary depot…

  Chris Glenn Ellsworth, 56, Humboldt, died Thursday, Dec. 8, 2016, at Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center in Chanute. A graveside memorial service will be at 10 a.m. Friday, Dec. 16, at Mount Hope Cemetery…

Barbara Jean Jones was born in Yates Center, Kansas on Sept. 14, 1947 to Lonnie Thomas and Marjorie Mae (Smith) Jones, growing up in Iola. She married William (Bill) Bland on Oct. 5, 1962. They…

Ernest W. Stanley Jr., 89, Humboldt, passed away Thursday, Dec. 8, 2016, at his home.   Ernest was born on May 8, 1927, in rural Independence, the son of Omer Ernest and Jessie (Green) Stanley.…

Dr. Bruce Mentzer, Terra Haute, Ind., son of Iolans Bill and Marjorie Mentzer, died Thursday, Dec. 8, 2016. Mentzer was a retired lietenant commander with the U.S. Navy.   Funeral services are pending.

As 2016 draws to a close, members of the former Allen County Community Foundation are working feverishly to reach the latest grant threshold to earn a $50,000 grant from the Kansas Health Foundation But there’s…

RICHMOND — Sydney Wade and the Iola Fillies have been through a meat-grinder of a schedule in the opening week of the season, but on Thursday, the senior guard and her teammates finally got some…

RICHMOND — Mustang coach Jay Applegate wanted to test his veteran-laden team early and see what they were capable of. “I’d rather play a tough schedule than an easy one, by far,” Applegate said. “This…