Community

ELSMORE — Elsmore Ruritan Club will have its annual chili/soup supper  from 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday at the Elsmore Community Building.  Club members will serve chili and a variety of soups, homemade cornbread, crackers,…

At their Feb. 23 meeting, Unity Club members discussed the book “Killers of the Moon” by David Grann, a work nominated for the 2017 National Book Award. According to Unity readers, in the early 1870s…

Hi, Carolyn: I have a hobby I’m passionate about, and that with a LOT of luck and hard work could someday become a career, or a side career. I also have a full-time job, a…

Iolans kicked off Lent this morning with an Ash Wednesday breakfast at Iola’s First Christian Church. Next Wednesday’s Lenten breakfast will be at Calvary United Methodist Church, at the intersection of Jackson and Walnut streets.…

Howard Reiter gave the communion meditation on the power of prayer. (Ref: James 5:16) Pastor Chase Riebel gave a sermon on “The Gift,” referring to Luke 15:11-24, the parable of the Prodigal Son. When the…

Dear Carolyn: My parents started a college fund for each of my kids and said it was so they could go to any college of their choice. I am incredibly grateful. My husband and I…

BUFFALO — Good things are coming in threes for Marmaton Valley High School’s Forensics team. Marmaton Valley picked up its third consecutive Three Rivers League championship over the weekend in various competitive speaking and acting…

LAWRENCE — Clara Boyd, a sophomore at the University of Kansas and 2018 graduate of Marmaton Valley High School,  has been named one of 30 University Scholars at KU. Scholars receive a $1,500 scholarship and…

Sabrina Gregerson, valedictorian of the  Le Roy High School Class of 2001, recently earned her Ph.D. Gregerson is the daughter of Rob and Teresa Gregerson and granddaughter of Wilma and Viktor Morrison and Dorothy and…

Ty Scharff, a senior at Marmaton Valley High School, has been awarded an Alumni Legacy License Plate Scholarship to Pittsburg State University.  Scharff has been accepted into the Honors College at PSU where he plans…