Uniontown High’s girls and boys have stepped up into Kansas Class 3A competition this season. They were assigned the 2011 Kansas Class 3A Substate Tournament at Burlington next week.The Eagle girls (9-10) were seeded No.…

Humboldt High’s Cubs and Lady Cubs drew tough opponents for next week’s 2011 Kansas Class 2A Substate Basketball Tournament hosted by Sedan High School.They both are the No. 8 seeds in their division putting them…

Southern Coffey County High is hosting a 2011 Kansas Class 1A Division I Substate Basketball Tournament in Iola next week. The tournament is at Allen County Community College.Ople High’s boys (13-6) and girls (19-0) are…

Iola High’s Fillies (11-8) earned the fourth seed in next week’s Kansas Class 4A Substate Basketball Tournament. They will host a first-round game at 7 p.m. Tuesday.A familiar opponent comes to town — Fort Scott…

INDEPENDENCE — It was not a very good night on the basketball court for Allen County Community College’s Red Devil women or men.The Red Devil teams were at Independence Community College Wednesday and lost a…

Adapting to circumstances and changes in scheduling and new mandated bats is what the 2011 baseball season is about for Allen County Community College’s Red Devils.“We lost four pitchers in the last three weeks of…

All three Iola High Mustang wrestlers were back at work Monday afternoon. They know the celebrations of Saturday’s Kansas Class 4A Regional tournament and qualifying for state won’t get them where they really want to…

A mean streak a yard wide runs through the hearts of way too many conservatives in the Kansas House of Representatives.Monday they voted to repeal a 2004 law that would allow students whose parents brought…

The keys to a newly built home will be handed over Thursday to a Wichita family with several ties to the Iola area.Carl and Stacey Hall were chosen as the recipients for the weeklong home-building…

Boren Roofing will start replacing the roof on the Allen County Critical Response Center, 410 N. State, Monday.Allen County commissioners were told Tuesday morning that and other improvements, with 60 percent state funding through a…