Iola Middle School’s football and volleyball coaches are holding a meeting for parents of seventh-and eighth-grade students intending to participate in those sports this fall. The parents meeting is at 6 p.m. Monday in the…

Iola High’s cross country runners work through the team’s Lake Bassola cross this week as they condition for the upcoming season. The Mustangs and Fillies open the 2012 season at Anderson County High Invitational in…

Iola High School’s new head football coach Doug Kerr watches as senior quarterback Mason Coons leads a squad of players through a drill Wednesday evening. The Mustangs were in their third day of two-a-day practices…

New to the community is Father John Miller. Having recently moved here, he considers Iola another section of heaven.  Miller, who moved to Iola in June, is the new priest at St. John’s Catholic Church,…

MORAN — Fresh Start, a newly formed organization dedicated to removing illegal or abused drugs from the community, is taking shape. The organization, spearheaded by Marmaton Valley High School 11th-grader Michael Swift, has met regularly…

Although they use copious amounts of water, local industries remain unaffected by water restrictions. Gates Corporation and Russell Stover Candies lead all businesses in water consumption for the Iola area. Since the first of the…

Iola officials adjusted newly instituted rules limiting water usage today. Iolans still must adhere to the odd-even lawn watering rules. Those whose addresses end in an even number can water their lawns only on even-numbered…

A whole new world has opened up for Alex Donnelly. The 5-year-old and the rest of USD 257’s class of 2025 gathered for their first day of kindergarten today, along with most everybody else in…

Walter L. Kinney, 87, Iola, died Saturday, Aug. 11, 2012, at his home. Cremation has taken place. Private family services will be later.   Memorials to the Walter L. Kinney Memorial Fund may be left…

Dear editor, An excerpt from Emerson Lynn’s editorial last Wednesday follows: “Three was not enough; eight, we now can see, is too many. So let’s try five. “Five councilmen, all elected at large so that…