SAFE BASE officials were given the green light to accept a $100,000 grant from the Health Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City after the previous grant expired. USD 257 board of education members also authorized…

USD 257’s budget outlook for next school year, which starts Friday, looks appreciably better on the strength of cheaper health insurance premiums than had been anticipated.Dr. Craig Neuenswander, superintendent of schools, told board members Monday…

So you think making soap is an obscure skill relegated to yesteryear.Well, it’s coming back to life in Iola.Starting July 5, Iola youngsters will have opportunities to learn how to make soap and cheese, punch…

Fireworks are still illegal to shoot off in Iola city limits.And violators are more apt to be ticketed for egregious violations, thanks to new rules adopted Monday by the Iola City Council.Council members, via a…

Carl Slaugh, a former city administrator in Hiawatha and Basehor, will be offered the job to replace outgoing Iola City Administrator Judy Brigham.Iola City Council members approved the job offer at their regular meeting Monday…

A special committee has been appointed to discuss Iola’s water rates and explore the most painless means of erasing a worsening water fund deficit.City council members Beverly Franklin, Steve French, Ken Rowe and Joel Wicoff…

Mary Margaret Cook Daniels, 86, died Saturday, June 18, 2011, in Dallas, Texas. She was born Sept. 20, 1924, in Tupelo, Miss., to Nora Lee and William Madison Cook. Her family moved to Fort Scott…

Petsy A. (Yocham) Reed, 70, of rural Piqua died Sunday, June 26, 2011, at Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice in Wichita.She was born March 10, 1941, IN Vian, Okla., to Johnnie and Annie (Morris) Yocham. At…

Today in Washington President Obama is meeting with congressional leaders to deal with the need to increase the debt ceiling and keep the country in business.The debt ceiling has been raised many times over decades…

OTTAWA — Iola American Legion Post 15’s AA Indians racked up their 17th straight victory Saturday afternoon.The Indians shut out host Ottawa 4-0 behind the one-hit pitching of Ethan Ericson. They scored two runs in…