Iolan Clyde Toland, who over the past year released all three installments of his “Becoming Frederick Funston” book series, has garnered some national recognition in the process. Toland’s book, “American Hero, Kansas Heritage: Frederick Funston’s…

Clyde Toland’s 27-year endeavor to tell about Frederick Funston’s early years is complete. “Yankee Hero: Frederick Funston, Expedicionario in the Cuban Liberation Army,” is the third and final volume of Toland’s “Becoming Frederick Funston” released…

“Heat and Ice,” the second book of Clyde Toland’s “Becoming Frederick Funston Trilogy,” has been released. Signed copies of the book — officially titled “Heat and Ice: Frederick Funston’s Exploration of Death Valley, Alaska, and…

Rewind a couple of decades or so to 1995. The Allen County Historical Society, under a project spearheaded by Iola attorney Clyde Toland, had raised enough money to bring the old, crumbling boyhood home of…

Debbie Barnes Miles, a former Moran resident and Miss America in 1967, cut the ribbon for the new Klein Tool Company plant north of Moran. The ribbon-cutting ceremonies coincided with the annual Moran Day celebration.…

25 Years Ago McKinley Elementary School fifth-graders and several city officials were present at Tuesday’s opening of Cofachique Park. The students named the park in honor of the first county seat, a small pro-slavery community…

NEW YORK (AP) — James Karen, a prolific and beloved character actor whose hundreds of credits included memorable appearances in “Poltergeist” and “The Return of the Living Dead,” has died. He was 94. Karen’s friend…

50 Years Ago October 1968 One of Iola’s most widely known and highly respected citizens, Harry Davis, retires this month after almost 28 years as custodian at the Iola Post Office. Davis worked as custodian…