Virgie Pfantz, 93, Baldwin City, passed away Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017, at Baldwin Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, Baldwin City. She was born Nov. 30, 1923, in Dwight, the daughter of Harry Paulson and Eva (Wright)…

The Iola Mustangs have had their struggles against Prairie View in recent years. That fact is what made Tuesday night’s 42-33 win all the sweeter. “This really raises morale,” Iola guard Isaiah Fawson said. “We…

Trump’s cabinet nominees, in particularly Betsy DeVos for Education, have not been without very pointed rancor and opposition when they’ve come before the U.S. Senate for confirmation. DeVos was confirmed Tuesday, with VP Mike Pence…

HUMBOLDT — The Humboldt boys basketball team used a big third quarter to whip Neodesha 69-54  Tuesday night. “It was nip and tuck in the first half, our on-ball defense wasn’t very good,” Humboldt coach…

Iolan Erma Jean Rexwinkle, 83, wife of Delbert Rexwinkle, died Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017, at Allen County Regional Hospital in Iola, following an extended illness.Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at the Forbes-Hoffman…

The Car Barn Museum is the site of the The Winter 2017 meeting of the The Allen County Historical Society, Inc., at 2 p.m. Sunday. “It’s a loose schedule but we call it a meeting.…

The novelist Martin Amis once described his lifelong friendship with fellow writer Christopher Hitchens like this: “My friendship with the Hitch has always been perfectly cloudless. It is a love whose month is ever May.”…

Ideas flowed like an open spigot Tuesday evening as a gathering of 120 or so of Iola’s greatest supporters brainstormed on how to sustain the downtown business district.The occasion was a Downtown Iola Summit, hosted…

Margaret Elizabeth Evans, 101, went to meet her Savior on Monday, Feb. 6, 2017, at Windsor Place in Iola. Her kind personality, quick wit and extensive crossword assistance will be greatly missed.Margaret was the third…

The Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas has been awarded a $200,000 grant from the Health Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City to continue serving the uninsured and underserved in Allen County.Funds will be used…