SHAWNEE — The Iola Sonic Blast, an 18-and-under traveling team, won the Mid-America West Summer Smash fastpitch softball tournament over the weekend.Sonic Blast went undefeated, winning the championship game 4-1 over Dominators. Lenzie Boring was…

Caleb Sealy was a busy boy Saturday morning.During the 90-minute run of the 14th annual Hooked on Fishing, Not on Drugs (HOFNOD) fishing derby, Sealy pulled 19 fish from Craig Abbott’s pond at the north…

A small group of Iolans braved Friday night’s heat to walk in the footsteps of “Mad Bomber” Charley Melvin as part of Allen County Historical Society’s contribution to Iola’s annual Charley Melvin celebration.Society president Jeff…

Community National Bank, 120 E. Madison Ave., was broken into early today, but the intruder fled almost as quickly as he entered through a broken window, spooked by alarms.“The bad news is we have a…

MORAN — Marmaton Valley USD 256 has hired David Hardage as its next superintendent of schools.Hardage, a retired school administrator from Greenfield, Mo., will work as a half-time superintendent, Board President Patti Boyd told the…

I favor a remodel of Allen County Hospital.But instead of putting the issue to a formal vote, I suggest commissioners conduct a volunteer mail-in vote in order to save money.Commissioners could set a deadline by…

CHANUTE — Iola High’s Mustang 7-on-7 football team went 3-1 in league action Thursday.The Iola team will be playing in a league hosted by Chanute High School for the next several Thursday mornings. IHS head…

With warmer weather and summer activities taking center stage in Kansas, a dozen football coaches, 68 of the Sunflower State’s best graduated football players, dozens of Shriners, and countless volunteers are turning their attention to…

In a story about the Bowlus Fine Arts Center in Friday’s paper the acoustical engineer who designed the music rooms where instrumental and choir classes are held was said to also have been instrumental in…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — District 257 students trucked up to Kansas City Thursday for the summer’s last SAFE BASE field trip. About 100 children, parents and staff attended a production of “Lucky Duck” at the…