Iola’s AA American Legion Post 15 baseball team hopes to keep the momentum going into the AA Zone Tournament next week in Burlington. After winning the KABA Upper Division League Tournament, the Indians are looking…

Property owners in USD 257 may see a tax break for the 2014-15 school year.Board of Education members set an Aug. 11 budget hearing to consider a spending plan that shaves about 8 mills from…

Allen County commissioners left Iola hanging over a financial precipice Tuesday morning.After agreeing last week to consider providing some relief in the face of a nearly $400,000 ambulance service shortfall, Commission Dick Works dismissed discussion…

In 1999, four Uniontown High School girls went to the post office to mail a letter to Poland. They were working on a National History Day project and had wanted to tell the story of…

Rep. Kent Thompson, R-District 9, stands by his vote to continue funding green energy standards, even though it may have cost him support of ultra-conservatives, including the Kansas Chamber of Commerce.Other than that one issue,…

After two seasons as an assistant track coach at Allen Community College, Tony Davis is moving on and Junior Cadet has been chosen to take his place.“I’ve kind of been foreshadowing this for a while,…

Vivian D. Ross, 80, Manhattan, died Sunday, July 13, 2014, at Meadowlark Hills Retirement Community Sloan House.She was born Nov. 20, 1933, in Iola, the daughter of James and Alice (McClarnan) LeValley, and had been…

HUMBOLDT — City Administrator Cole Herder told council members here Monday night 41 residents owe $25,732 in past due utility bills.His immediate action is to “work with” those who are behind in their payments by…

Most 17-year-olds are vague about their professional futures.Not Thealvin Minor. He has a very definite idea — coin collecting. “I’d like to start with a professional grading service,” Thealvin said. Or, if that doesn’t materialize,…

Iola City Council members continue to grapple with ways to make up a projected $377,000 budget shortfall for its countywide ambulance service.They agreed Monday — after a frequently spirited debate — to await word on…