It looked like it was going to be a runaway early, but for Allen Community College, it would be too out-of-the-ordinary for a game to end that simply. While the Red Devils (8-12; 3-12 Jayhawk)…

Reports of loud explosions heard in and around Iola in recent weeks likely stem from the use of a compound that detonates upon impact from a high-powered rifle, said Allen County Sheriff Bryan Murphy said…

LAHARPE — LaHarpe was left on the outside looking in, City Council members were told Wednesday, on a series of Community Development Block Grants announced recently by the Kansas Department of Commerce. The city had…

Friday’s “Fight Night” in Kansas City will have a large contingent of Iolans to cheer on a pair of local combatants. Milton Ivy, a fledgling heavyweight boxer, will take on Jacob Giangrosso in the debut…

Allen County jail inmates don’t have much freedoms, but now they may communicate as often as they wish with family and friends via the Internet. Computerized stations have been installed to allow inmates to communicate…

LA CYGNE — Points were at a premium early Tuesday. But while host Prairie View High’s boys were able to find some semblance of an offense, Iola High’s Mustangs could not. “It was like our…

LA CYGNE — Take away one of Iola High’s main cogs, and the Fillies can make do, as evidenced by Friday’s homecoming win against visiting Central Heights. But take away a second key performer, and…

COLONY — In sports, so much is defined by the final score of the game and statistics like points-per-game, but for Crest girls’ basketball coach Elaine Holloway defining the success of her program extends far…

COLONY — The Crest basketball team sits with a very respectable 9-6 record as their season comes down the back stretch, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t plenty for Travis Hermreck’s squad to continue to…

Gracemary Nilges, 87, Iola, died Monday, Feb. 8, 2016, at Windsor Place in Iola. Gracemary was born May 30, 1928, in Pierz, Minn., the daughter of Henry and Crescence “Grace” (Meyer) Kruschek. She graduated from…