Through most of Iola’s game one 6-3 victory over Anderson County, Mustang coach Mark Percy was not pleased with what he had been seeing from his squad at Riverside Park on Tuesday. “I was not…

In game one against Anderson County, Iola coach Chris Weide noticed the Bulldogs were catching on to his signals to catcher Ashlie Shields when he was trying to call pitches for his star freshman Sierra…

It’s now clear Kansas lawmakers want to get out of the business of public education. As discussed at Monday night’s local school board meeting, House Bill 2741 “totally changes the landscape of education,” said Jack…

Ruby E. Nicholas, 95, Independence, formerly of Northeast Kansas City, Mo., and with several ties to the Iola area, died Saturday, April 9, 2016, at her home.   A prayer service will be at 11…

Donald R. Craven, 80, of West Chester, Ohio, passed away on Sunday, April 3, 2016.  His education began at New Union, a one-room school house in Franklin County, Kan. He then attended  elementary school in…

Richard “Mike” Grasty, 62, passed away peacefully on April 8, 2016, in Baytown, Texas. Mike served his country in the U.S. Air Force from 1972 to 1980. He loved his family and friends. He enjoyed…

James Robert “Jimmy” Kilby, 41, Iola, died Monday, April 11, 2016, at Olathe Medical Center. Jimmy was born March 15, 1975, in Iola, the son of James and Christine (Goodner) Kilby. He grew up in…

Alana Kinzle encouraged Allen County commissioners Tuesday to add a memorial garden to the courthouse lawn. “We’re always talking about having something to do downtown on the square, and all we have there are the…

GAS — KwiKom efforts to place an antenna on the Gas water tower to provide wireless Internet to the town’s residents was frustrated again Tuesday evening. For the third, and presumably last time, KwiKom representatives…

Doing for others became a theme of Monday’s Iola City Council meeting. It started with the announcement of a pair of awards by the Kansas Department of Commerce. First was a Kansas PRIDE Natural Star…