INDEPENDENCE — Iola High’s junior varsity golfers were at Independence High’s JV Invitational tournament Monday. The Mustangs finished fifth with a 405.Weston Hines took the 10th place medal with a 94 (46-48) for the 18-hole…

CHANUTE — Iola Middle School’s golf team ended its season Monday at Chanute’s Royster Middle School Invitational. The tournament was played at Safari Golf Course.The Ponies won the team title with a 159. Royster was…

Preventing opponents from having big innings has not been a strong suit for Iola High’s Fillies this season.Monday’s Southeast Kansas League doubleheader with visiting Columbus High’s Lady Titans presented the Fillies with opportunities to win…

Battling for the top spot in the Southeast Kansas League standings, Iola High’s Mustangs made sure there would be no undefeated SEK champion in 2011.The Mustangs handed visiting Columbus High’s Titans their first league loss…

Claire Overstake is hoping a new bullet point on her resume will help land her a job in the immediate area: Presidential award for excellence in science teaching.Overstake, 54, is moving to Iola in May…

It took all of two meetings for Bill Shirley to exercise one of his new mayoral powers. Shirley cast the tie-breaking vote to end a 4-4 deadlock, thus rejecting a motion to hold the Iola…

While renovations to Iola Public Library have been substantially completed, library officials still must grapple with a leaky roof.Roger Carswell, the library’s executive director, told Iola City Council members Monday about the roof issues, while…

Stephanie Bycroft plans to spend Mother’s Day in Kansas City with her family watching her two sons play baseball. “My boys are on a traveling team and I can’t think of a better way to…

SAFE BASE will return to Jefferson Elementary School next school year, if funding materializes.USD 257 board members unanimously made the switch Monday, ending a six-year run of tutoring and enrichment activities for the after-school program…

USD 257 board members voted unanimously to spend $244,000 for facility repairs Monday night, which seemed to fly in the face of an anticipated state aid shortfall of more than $430,000.“Do we need to look…