Todd Liewellyn Francis, Jr., 15 months, passed away on Tuesday, June 25, 2013. He was born on March 27, 2012 in Corpus Christi, Texas to Todd L. Francis, Sr. and Jessica Goforth Francis. In addition…

Cooper Riley’s summer will include an all-star baseball game this weekend.Riley, son of Iolans Johnnie and Tiffany Riley, will be at Tiffany Hills Sports Complex Friday and Saturday at the 2013 Mo-Kan USSSA All-State Games.Riely…

MISSION HILLS — After struggling through the first 11 holes of his opening round of the Kansas Amateur Championship Tuesday, Iolan Kaden Macha closed with a flourish.Macha birdied four of his last six holes of…

It was hardly a work of art, but Iola’s AA American Legion squad still got off on the right foot toward a possible second straight state championship.The Post 15 Indians opened zone tournament play Tuesday…

Iola’s American Legion baseball squad will begin AA Zone 3 Tournament play tonight against Garnett, which won its opening round game Monday evening over Burlington, 8-2.The Iola Post 15 Indians are the top seed and…

Roy Smith, a captain with the Allen County Sheriff’s Department, will trade in his law enforcement uniform for another position of authority Saturday.Smith, entering his 28th year of officiating area football and basketball games, will…

A public hearing concerning the relocation of Crossroads Learning Center from Gas to Iola met with no opposition Monday night.The hearing took place before the regular USD 257 board of education meeting.Jack Koehn, the new…

The proposed EMS merger contract is still on the table, but some questions “in the numbers” have halted any sort of decision from the Iola City Council.The council amassed a list of questions — generated…

At the conclusion of two hours of comment Monday evening, Iola council members voted to rezone 3.8 acres at 1002 N. Kentucky to permit construction of a senior assisted living complex.Councilman Jon Wells noted the…

Turns out the Horatio Alger story is more myth than fact — at least in parts of the United States today.A child born into poverty in Allen County has a 9 percent chance of rising…