Science is coming to the rescue of meltdowners who just can’t make the needle on their bathroom scales move in the right direction.Wireless sensors have been developed which, when strapped onto a fat-fighter, keep track…

Columbus Middle School’s Titans were undefeated in both seventh and eighth-grade A-team play.  That is until the Titans came to Iola Monday.Iola Middle School’s Ponies dished out a couple of losses to the Titans.Iola’s seventh-grade…

MORAN — Marmaton Valley Junior High’s boys lost 31-17 in A-team basketball play at home Monday.Westphalia led 13-2 at halftime.Garrett Booth had seven points and Chance Stevenson added six for Marmaton Valley. Michael Genn and…

COLONY — Crest Middle School’s Lancers swept visiting Pleasanton Junior High’s Blu-Jays Monday.The Lancers won the A-team game 35-29. Brock Ellis paced Crest with 18 points. Austin Green had five points.Scoring four points each were…

By JOCELYN SHEETSRegister Sports EditorKANSAS CITY, Kan. — Momentum slipped away in the fog Monday night.Allen County Community College’s Red Devil women and men had the “Mo” from Saturday night’s home victories. But somewhere during…

ALTAMONT — Iola High School’s junior varsity wrestlers competed in Saturday’s Labette County High JV Invitational.“A few of our guys wrestled really well,” said Ron Schomaker, IHS wrestling coach. “We beat some guys who we…

BURLINGTON — Allen County Kids Wrestling Club’s Mat Warriors were at Sunday’s Burlington Kids’ Open/Novice Tournament.In the 6-and-under division, T.J. Taylor was third in the 43-pound class going 1-2 with a 14-6 win. Alex Yarnell…

Regardless of Mother Nature’s intentions, work has proceeded largely on schedule at the Iola High School building trades house.The house, adjacent to what will be known as Scott Circle — part of the new Cedarbrook…

Editor’s note: This is the first in a series examining the impact of state budget cuts on public health agencies serving the Allen County area. Unlike other agencies which have had to reduce staff or…

Iola city offices were closed Monday in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, but City Administrator Judy Brigham didn’t take the day off.She, husband Tom — who works for the U.S. Postal Service —…