CHANUTE — Former Iola High and Allen Community College baseball standout Levi Ashmore is taking his skills to Emporia State.Ashmore signed a letter of intent last week to play for the defending MIAA conference champion…

Iola High’s football season may not have ended with a trip to the playoffs, but the team had five players earn All-Pioneer League honors.Kaden Macha earned first team All-Pioneer League for both linebacker and punter.…

The Presidential Medals of Freedom were awarded Monday afternoon in a moving ceremony.Nineteen — six posthumously — activists, artists, scientists, and public servants were recognized for their contributions to further U.S. security, world peace or…

Students will run the show at the Allen Community College Theatre next week. The student-directed one-acts are at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 4-6 at the Allen College Theatre. Six students are directing their peers in plays…

Business remains sweet at Russell Stover Candies, Iola and Allen County leaders were told Thursday.Iola City Council and Allen County Commission members toured the Russell Stover Candies plant as part of an ongoing effort by…

FORT SCOTT — Two double-digit victories over the weekend improved Allen Community College men’s basketball record back to 5-5.Thanks to a big first half, Allen beat Wentworth Military Academy on Friday 78-66. The Red Devils…

Iola Middle School’s seventh grade girl’s basketball teams hosted the “Pony Stampede” on Saturday.“Our effort and defense was really good all day,” coach Marty Taylor said. “We just have to find a way to get…

Wang Kao Thao, age 60, Colony, died Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2014, at Hospice House, Olathe.Funeral services will be at Faith Deliverance Family Worship Center, 3043 State Ave., Kansas City, KS at 10 a.m. and 5…

Michelle Lea Hanson, 45, Iola, died Saturday, Nov. 22, 2014, at Windsor Place in Iola.Michelle was born Jan. 15, 1969, in Iola, the daughter of Howard and Marcelene “Mickey” (Berglund) Hanson. She grew up in…

Lynne Murray was sworn in as president of Baker University on Friday. She is the school’s 29th president in its 156-year history and its second female president.Murray replaces Patricia Long, who took the reins in…