A Democratic effort to repeal the don’t ask, don’t tell law that allows homosexuals to serve in the armed forces — secretly — failed Tuesday because an effort was made to load the bill with…

Freedom Singers have traveled far to bring their gospel music to Iola. The Canadian trio, formed in 1999, are originally from Romania.Freedom Singers’ origins date back to 1998 when Simon Ivascu and Wesley Pop fled…

There’s a significant difference between a storyteller and a story reader, Vicky Town explained to a group of McKinley Elementary School third-graders this week.A story reader — particularly with younger children — usually will read…

Today’s animators are incorporating the same type of slapstick and visual humor in their movies as silent screen stars used to thrill their audiences.Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin and Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle were masters of visual…

Jerry G. Hughes, 55, Waverly, died Wednesday morning following a traffic accident just south of Iola.According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, Hughes was southbound on U.S. 169, about one-quarter mile south of Iola, when his…

Iola middle and high school photography teacher Donna Regehr is known to have an eye for the creative. But she also has an ear, and put pen to paper to prove it in publishing a…

Will Stanton announces the birth of his baby brother, Hudson John Stanton, born April 28, 2010. He weighed 7 pounds, 3.5 ounces, and was 20.25 inches long. The boys’ parents are Tony and Kaylene Stanton…

Ofelia Dolores (Dee) Cannon, 74, of Shawnee and formerly of Iola and Garnett died Monday, Sept. 20, 2010, at her home.She was born Jan. 16, 1936, in Iola, to Joe and Maria Mercedes (Arambula) Ornelas.…

GARNETT — Iola Middle School’s Pony girls played a  lot of volleyball Tuesday at Anderson County Junior High.The eighth-grade A-team and B-team matches plus the seventh-grade A-team match were all best 3-of-5.In the eighth-grade A-team…

Marmaton Valley High’s Wildcats hosted their first of two home volleyball dates Tuesday. The second is Thursday in Moran.The Wildcats lost to Oswego 25-22, 25-13 but sent the MVHS fans home happy with a win…