Kyra Moore is in for a big transition as she takes her volleyball talents outside of the city limits for the first time in her playing career. Moore — who played for Iola High before…

AnnMarie Pearl Sparks, daughter of Shawn and Aubrey Sparks, Lawrence, was born Dec. 25, 2015, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. AnnMarie weighed 7 pounds, 11 ounces, and was 20 inches long. She has an older sister,…

Griffin Silas Olson, son of Paige and Nic Olson, Piqua, was born April 11, 2016, at Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center, Chanute. He weighed 7 pounds, 1 ounce, and was 21 inches long. Griffin has…

Dad died 20 years ago and for about that long previously he suffered from arthritic joints in both legs.  He spent many days in a comfortable chair absorbing one adventure after another from National Geographic…

It wasn’t until I was a senior at Iola High School that girls’ sports were introduced. That was in 1973-74. Up until then, girls played a supportive role for the boys’ teams as cheerleaders or…

Roy W. Leake Jr., 67, Humboldt, died Wednesday, June 8, 2016. Roy was born September 9, 1948, in Colony, the son of Roy Wilson and Elsie Lavon (Morris) Leake. He grew up in Iola and…

It’s hard to credit the melancholy predictions concerning the future of print journalism when you’re presented with an up-and-coming reporter as talented as Jason Tidd.  Tidd, an incoming senior at K-State — and the news…

One morning this week, as he is wont to do, Clyde Toland was sequestered on his front porch, reading. A friend dropped by. As conversation meandered, Toland demonstrated with his left arm how his dedication…

At the request of Ambulance Director Ryan Sell, Allen County detective Anthony Maness will investigate a drug issue within the department. “Sell came to my office on Monday and asked that we look into a…

GARNETT — The Indians demonstrated Wednesday night the difference a fresh start can make. In game one against Garnett, the Iola offense could not find a way to get going and were held to three…