Iola Middle School’s eighth-graders were clicking at both ends of the court Thursday, while the seventh-graders came up one point shy in a nailbiter.The Pony eighth grade raced to a 12-3 lead after one quarter…

Andrew Patterson reached the mecca of bowling recently when he rolled a perfect 300 game.The 29-year-old accomplished the feat during the Jan. 16 Thursday Night Mixed bowling league at Country Lanes.He bowls for the Country…

BURLINGTON — Iola High’s Fillies were able to overcome their early offensive struggles, sticking with Labette County for much of the first three quarters.It was their late dry spell that did them in on Friday.Labette…

BURLINGTON — A key sequence of plays fell against Iola High’s boys late, but it was their play early on that left head coach Bill Peeper steamed.The Mustangs could not hold a three-point lead late…

Leonard D. “Len” Burnett, 66, Garnett, passed away on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014, at his home.Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. on Monday at First Christian Church, Garnett. Burial will follow in the Springfield…

Jacob Riebel and Levi Meiwes, a couple of Iola kids, want legal status for chickens in Iola. Iola Needs Chickens is the name of their campaign, which they will outline in detail for city council…

In politics today, the Republican Party has two factions, conservatives and ultra-conservatives, but outsiders tend to lump them together.In most cases, the word ultra means extreme. An ultra-marathon, for example, can be twice the distance…

ERIE — Brian Shields pleaded no contest to January 2013 felony murder of Cristy Wiles, Chanute, in Neosho County District Court here on Thursday.The plea comes after his co-defendant, Michelle Voorhees, pleaded no contest Jan.…

Matt Stuckey figures participants in a fundraiser Sunday at Wesley United Methodist Church will have more than 40 soup recipes to savor.“And, when they get done, even with a small helping, everyone will be full,”…

About 14 years ago Mike Hueston got hooked on the sport of tractor pulling.“I went to a garden tractor pull and I got bit,” Hueston, Iola paramedic and firefighter from Mapleton, told Iola Rotarians Thursday.…