FORT SCOTT — Iola High’s Fillies opened the 2012 tennis season  Monday in junior varsity action. Today, the varsity Fillies’ tennis players are at Chanute taking on Labette County, Columbus, Neodesha and Chanute to begin…

Networking is important to every profession. Iola High girls’s head basketball coach Becky Carlson knows that. So when she was asked to serve on the board of the National High School Athletic Coaches Association she…

Kids growing up go through different phases as to what they want to do as a career. Most want to be something extravagant like become a singer, actor or an astronaut. Kendra Britt was not…

After months of seeing several upgrades to Iola’s newest park — Elm Creek Park — members of the Iola Community Involvement Task Force/Pride Committee have returned their sights on Riverside Park beautification. Members of CITF/Pride…

The drought that forced water restrictions across the state is affecting different communities in varying degrees.  From Iola down south to Parsons, each community is reacting differently, according to its situation. In Iola, the situation…

The future of Internet connections for Kansas libraries in Kansas was the focus of a conference of library, government and private business officials Wednesday. Public libraries access educational and genealogy databases for free through the…

A good soaking, by hose or rainfall, is the solution for houses with contrary doors and windows, as well as gaping cracks next to foundations. Those are outcomes of hot, dry weather, said Shonda Jefferis,…

Gale Ritter must not have any allergies. Wednesday afternoon, during a brief break from cutting corn half a mile east of town, he spoke clearly, without even a hint of sinus congestion. That wouldn’t have…

Nancy Ford and David Toland are Iola’s newest city council members. Ford and Toland were tapped to fill unexpired terms of Kendall Callahan and Ken Rowe, ousted in a recall vote earlier this month. The…

Our beautiful mother, Ruth (Shebanek) Clark, passed away Saturday, Aug. 18, 2012, with her children at her side after a brief battle with cancer. She was born June 6, 1921, in Blue Mound and raised…