OTTAWA — Trailing by three runs and down to their final at bat in the regulation seven-inning game, Iola AA’s Indians came up with what they needed. Actually, Iola American Legion Post 15’s AA Indians…

  Excitement builds as a cowgirl guides her horse around the three barrels positioned in the arena then turns it for home. Barrel racing is one of the top timed events in the sport of…

Don’t miss tomorrow’s “See, Hear Iola” event.  The forum will begin at 10 a.m. at the North Community Building.  Topics regarding local residence will be discussed and Barbara Chalker Anderson, former executive director of the…

One Sunday afternoon about 10 years ago, Dale Donovan suggested to his father-in-law, Wayne Garrett, in after-dinner conversation that a barbecue contest might be just the thing to draw folks to Riverside Park for the…

Early the morning of June 1, Iolan Elvin Nelson told Allen County commissioners Tuesday morning, an ambulance carrying his son went on a round-about journey to Via Christi hospital in Wichita. The ambulance report said…

Having done business inside and outside Iola, Don Bauer thinks he can lend a valuable voice to the Allen County Commission. Bauer, 71, is seeking the Republican nomination for the District 3 seat on the…

If Jim Talkington is elected Allen County commissioner, he suspects he’ll then be “in the know” of why the county is against merging ambulance service with the city of Iola. “All I know is that…

James M. Isaacson, Jr., 36, Fort Scott, died Thursday, July 19, 2012, at Freeman Hospital in Joplin, Mo. There was cremation. The Rev. Jared Witt will conduct memorial services at 10 a.m. Friday in the…

James David Callaway, 53, rural Colony, died Sunday, July 22, 2012, at his home. A memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Friday at First Christian Church in Iola. In lieu of flowers, memorials are…

Jason Shapel, 37, Iola, died Saturday, July 21, 2012. Jason was born Jan. 14, 1975, at Fort Scott, the son of John Howard and Elaine (Deer) Shapel. He has resided in the Iola area since…