OVERBROOK — Being crowned Pioneer League Champions wasn’t in the cards for this year’s Mustangs. Iola High’s baseball team needed to get two wins against a tough Santa Fe Trail team in order to win…

HUMBOLDT — Humboldt council members said Monday night they would depend on residents to tell them when to spray for mosquitoes this year.In discussion that tended toward shying from spraying, Councilwoman Vada Aikins put a…

Iola will take a closer look at improving curbs and gutters throughout much of south Iola, water drainage along North State Street and push the Environmental Protection Agency to move faster on soil cleanup throughout…

Iola High School will have a virtual learning program for the 2015-16 school year.The board approved a one-year contract with the Greenbush Virtual School Program. Greenbush is an education service center based in Girard.USD 257…

If genius is 99 percent perspiration and 1 percent inspiration, then Baylea Thompson is on her way to success. At 18, the IHS senior has developed an admirable work ethic in order to maintain a…

Alex Bauer recently added an additional honor to his status as Iola High School 2015 class valedictorian: the Governor’s Scholars Award. The award recognizes students in the top 1 percent of Kansas high school seniors.…

Stephen Channel Sr., 61, of Osage City, formerly of Iola, died Friday, May 8, 2015, at the VA Medical Center in Topeka.Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. on Friday at Leavenworth National Cemetery.

Leah Mildred (Sis) Beltz, 90, Moran, died on Monday, May 11, 2015.Visitation will be from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Monday at Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Chapel in Iola, prior to leaving in procession for Fort Scott…

Lester Lee Hillbrant, 86, Iola, died Sunday, May 10, 2015, at Homestead of Augusta.Lester was born May 21, 1928, on a farm west of Iola, the son of Ephriam Jasper and Louella Catharine (Foley) Hillbrant.…

Bob Evans, 79, Cheyenne Wyo., died on Thursday, May 7, 2015, at Cheyenne Regional Medical Center.Bob was born to Thelma and Victor Evans in Topeka, on Jan. 12, l936. He grew up and attended schools…