CHANUTE — Iola Middle School’s volleyball teams had a rough road trip Tuesday. The Ponies won one of four matches against host Royster Middle School at Chanute.Royster defeated the Iola eighth-grade A-team 25-5, 25-9. Torrie…

Keith Bauer, 52, brother of Robert Bauer of Iola, died Saturday, Aug. 28, 2010, at a hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was born June 26, 1958, in Reno, Nev., to Roy Sylvester and…

James Graham “Jim” Miller, 80, of rural Iola died Monday, Sept. 13, 2010, at Allen County Hospital in Iola.He was born Feb. 3, 1930, in Iola, to Milow D. and Ethel (Graham) Miller. He grew…

Richard Wayne “Ricky” Jones, 20, of Iola died Sunday, Sept. 12, 2010, the result of a truck accident.He was born May 2, 1990, at Anderson County Hospital in Garnett, the son of Kenneth and Debbie…

Lawrence Everett Murray, 81, of Kansas City and formerly of Piqua died Saturday, Sept. 11, 2010.  He was born Aug. 17, 1929, in Piqua, to Alvin and Elizabeth T. (Bux) Murray. He is survived by…

Voters will decide Nov. 2 on whether to increase a countywide sales tax by 1⁄4 of a cent to go toward a new Allen County Hospital.Members of the Allen County Healthcare Committee address questions about…

At 7 p.m. Friday, Richard E. Wood will talk about the “Survival of Rural America: Small Victories and Bitter Harvest,” a study he made of communities like Iola and published as a book. Wood has…

Allen County Community College’s women lost 5-0 to visiting Hutchinson on the soccer field.Chelsea Reynolds, ACCC’s goalkeeper, had 17 saves. The Red Devil women are 2-3.The ACCC men were to have played at home today…

After going 1-3 over the weekend at the Highland Community College tournament, Allen County Community College’s volleyball team found a tough go on the road at El Dorado Monday.The Red Devils lost in NJCAA Division…

Could Iola Middle School’s eighth-grade football team  follow in the Pony seventh-grade team’s lead? Could the Pony teams sweep the football doubleheader with visiting Independence?Yes, and yes.The Iola seventh-grade team won a defensive battle, 6-0.…