Iola High’s junior varsity volleyball team went 3-5 in four matches at the annual IHS Junior Varsity Invitational Saturday. The Fillies defeated Humboldt 25-10, 25-17 then split with Prairie View winning the first set 25-17…

LACYGNE — Iola High’s Fillies had growing pains to open the 2012 season. Humboldt High’s Lady Cubs had a growth spurt. Both teams played in Saturday’s volleyball tournament hosted by Prairie View High, essentially the…

Allen Community College Red Devil runners owned their home course Friday. In the second annual duals meet, now ACC King’s Sandwich Duals, the Allen cross country teams dominated in the first race of the 2012…

Kristina (Johnson) Palmer has returned home to serve as the new music teacher at Lincoln and McKinley elementaries. She grew up in Iola’s First Baptist Church, earned a degree from Southwest Baptist University, Bolivar, Mo.,…

A musical program that addresses issues such as bullying, peer pressure and prejudice among teenagers will be presented to area middle- and high-school students Tuesday. “Stand Up! Change Teen Statistics” will be shown at 9:30…

What if you gave $10 for a good cause, and you received $7 back as a tax credit? All of a sudden, you’re out only $3, but the good cause will reap the full gift.…

In the late 1950s, when most 12-year-olds were putting together plastic models of airplanes and cars, Dan Yuran spent $15 on a rundown 1941 Chevy. When he turned 16, a sophomore in high school and…

Michael and Kim Boeken are the proud parents of a son, Evan Lane Boeken. Evan was born Aug. 8, 2012, at Allen County Hospital. He weighed 7 pounds, 2 ounces and was 18½ inches long.…

Casey and Skyler Tennis are the proud parents of a daughter, Kalli Renae. Kalli was born 12:20 a.m., Aug. 7, in Rogers, Ark. She weighed 7 pounds and 7 ounces and was 18½ inches long.…

Alan Sleeper, a native of Iola who adopted Alden as his hometown when he married Sara Fair 68 years ago, never forgot his hometown.Alan’s parents, Nora Edith and Allan Roy Sleeper, raised him to be…