Allen Community College’s cross country team finished well individually at the King Sandwich Shop Classic Friday night.The women competed in a two-mile run. Alisn Stevens, the Red Devil’s lone woman runner, came in fourth among…

Allen Community College swept Longview Community College in the team’s season opener  Monday night. The scores were much closer than the match points indicated, with the Red Devils winning 28-26, 25-17 and 26-14.The lead in…

To be or not to be. A new English teacher at Iola High School will help students address the proverbial question.Emily Hampton, the new freshmen English teacher, hopes to inspire her students to grab onto…

Second Chance has had a lot of firsts, lately; a new location, paw prints decorating the sidewalk outside and now Iola’s first indoor dog wash. The charity store welcomed its first dog wash customers on…

If voters decide to build new elementary and high schools for USD 257, construction will be funded by myriad ways.Of utmost advantage would be state funding of 51 percent. Beyond that, district residents would pay…

Marjorie Jean Capell, 89, Iola, died Thursday, Aug. 21, 2014, at Windsor Place Nursing Center in Iola.She was born Aug. 12, 1925, in Kansas City, Kan., the daughter of John R. and Ollie O. (Forward)…

LE ROY — Bill Otto will be on the general election ballot as an independent candidate for state representative from the 76th District.He will oppose Peggy Mast, who has been the district’s representative since 1996.…

It didn’t take long for Sandy Moore to create a vision for the Allen Community College library.When Moore arrived in January as the new library director she took notes on how to boost students’ interest…

GARNETT — A well-heeled grassroots effort — fueled by the realization their old school had become an aging, inaccessible energy hog — led to overwhelming support of a new school here less than four years…

The gauntlet has been thrown.By Friday morning, a large chunk of the Iola High School population had been challenged to get icy wet — all for a good cause.The IHS Marching Mustangs took part Friday…