BURLINGTON  — Iola High’s Mustangs seemed to stand still down the stretch of Saturday’s third-place game of the 2010 Burlington High Invitational.The Mustangs scored 10 points in that final eight minutes but it came only…

BURLINGTON — Iola High’s Fillies proved their mettle Saturday.They trailed the Rossville High’s Bulldogs through 28:30 of a 32-minute game. The Fillies found the way to gain a 49-42 victory and win the fifth-place game…

Public safety dispatches will start being beamed from 410 N. State St. Thursday. Transfer of the 911 dispatch center in City Hall will start that morning and should be completed by late afternoon.“We should be…

Ricardo Cate, a budding New Mexican cartoonist, was in Iola last week for two purposes. First, to visit old friends from his days as a student at Allen County Community College. Second, to promote his…

Major changes are afoot at the Iola Public Library. A contractor will be determined Tuesday by Iola city commissioners for an $800,000 remodel. Five bids were received for the job. The remodel of existing space…

  Editor’s note: This is the fourth in a series of stories examining the impact of state budget cuts on public health agencies serving the Allen County area.   Hope Unlimited’s board worked throughout 2009…

  Gerald Bailey said he has known since he was 6 that his life would involve service to his church.  Bailey, 29, came to Iola 10 years ago to attend Allen County Community College. He…

  Fillies plays for fifth place at Burlington   BURLINGTON — “We feed off our defense,” said Becky Carlson, Iola High Fillies’ head coach. But it took about five minutes to get to “Fillies’ style”…

  Third-ranked Wildcats run away from Mustangs in semifinal game   BURLINGTON — Iola High’s Mustangs are chalking up Friday’s semifinal game up to experience and moving on. For one quarter, the Mustangs hung in there…

MELVERN — Southern Coffey County High’s girls overcame a pesky case of turnover-itis with solid shooting from the field and the free throw line Friday. The Lady Titans shot 50 percent from the floor and…