When the designer Iris Apfel was asked to give three words to describe her bountiful life, she said, “Only one trip.”That the 92-year-old fashion maven, known for her over-the-top style, could reply in so few…

A three-week layoff for area high school athletes will promptly give way to a flurry of activity next week as winter sports resume.Iola High’s basketball teams — last seen pulling out tough road victories at…

MORAN — Lois and George Payne, along with USDA Commodities, are here to help; and “help” is a term with a wide range of possibilities.The Paynes are in charge of the commodity food program at Hope…

In a split vote, Allen County commissioners decided late Tuesday morning to give Iola possession of the county ambulance station for the token sum of $1 a year.Commissioners had requested Iola pay $250 a month…

Congratulations to Allen County commissioners for the decision Tuesday to virtually eliminate a fee for use of the ambulance station by EMS officers.Now that county and Iola ambulance services have merged, it made no sense…

Gerrianne Marie Tomlinson, 50, Iola, died Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2013, at Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center in Chanute.  Cremation has taken place. The family will host a memorial visitation at 6 p.m. on Friday at…

Mae Louise Morris, 91, Iola, died Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2014, at Windsor Place in Iola.Mae was born May 10, 1922, on a farm in Pawnee County near Garfield, the daughter of Frank and Nellie (Briskey)…