An iron bridge over Owl Creek two miles west of Humboldt is 103 years old and may live on, even though it will be replaced this summer. Allen County commissioners gave salvage rights to Thrive…

Sunday afternoon started out like any other day for Jeff Ashford and his wife and daughter. Ashford, who grew up in Iola and now lives in Shawnee, took his wife and daughter to the Jewish…

Surging enthusiasm for instrumental music at Iola Middle School has caused the school’s band to outgrow the bandstand on the courthouse lawn. Jack Stanley, IMS principal, told county commissioners Tuesday the school would like to…

Taking a walk down memory lane has become much easier on the Iola square. Attached to each light post is a metal sign with photos and information about that particular spot in Iola. Members of…

PITTSBURG — At some point Kansas legislators will need to reconcile the state budget.  The state is on track to end the fiscal year with $250 million, down from $500 million forlas year. For 2016,…

Tuesday’s marking of the one-year anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombings was a sober event.  Probably the most poig-nant of participants was little Jane Richard, 8, whose prosthetic leg appeared through the bottom of her…

PITTSBURG — Iola High’s Mustangs are right where head coach Doug Kerr wants them to be with their golf games. Fresh off taking second in their season-opener last week in Independence, the Mustangs did one…

  Iola High’s Mustangs took it to the brink Tuesday, as both games of a doubleheader against visiting Prairie View came down to the last batters. In the opener, the Buffalos rallied for two runs…

Offense was hard to come by for Iola High’s Fillies Tuesday. The Fillies never could find any offensive traction against visiting Prairie View, falling 6-0 and 1-0. The 1-0 defeat was particularly painful as Iola…

  More than 900 youngsters from 20 schools filled Iola’s Riverside Park from stem to stern to compete in the Iola Middle School Invitational Track meet. There were several local standouts, including Iola’s Tayton Driskel,…