To say that Josh Honeycutt was raised in an athletic family is a bit of an understatement. Honeycutt will compete in the triple jump in Eugene, Ore., at the U.S. Olympic Trials with his sights…

I’ve pretty much given up on the fight over guns.  It doesn’t seem to matter that, like me, an overwhelming majority of Americans object to our lax gun laws when our elected politicians are in…

Bill and Marjorie Mentzer are two of the friendliest folks you’ll find in Iola. They greet everyone with smile and salutation and seldom turn down a chance to help with church and community affairs. Much…

Lou Ebert, 90, former resident of Iola and Yates Center, passed to her forever home on June 9, 2016, at the home of her daughter, Connie Cline, in Peoria, Ariz.   She is preceded in…

LaDelle Mavis Carlson Cunningham died Wednesday, June 15, 2016. LaDelle was born Oct. 28, 1923, the daughter of Eric and Julia (Swanson) Carlson in Elsmore. She attended Country School near Elsmore before graduating from Elsmore…

At a small newspaper, where the reporter’s duty is to write stories with his right hand and snap pictures with his left, the opportunity to enlist a dedicated staff photographer is a rare convenience. Luckily,…

HUMBOLDT — The Post 15 Double-A team has played 12 games in the last nine days and the wear and tear showed in Wednesday’s doubleheader against Ottawa at the Humboldt Sports Complex where they fell…

Michael Ray Karr, 37, Iola, died Tuesday, June 14, 2016. Visitation will be 6-8 p.m. Sunday at the Feuerborn Family Funeral Chapel in Iola. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at the funeral…

Charles Ernest “Charlie” Sellman, 67, Iola, passed away Tuesday, June 14, 2016, at Kindred Hospital Northland in Kansas City, surrounded by his family. Charlie was born Dec. 15, 1948, in Iola, the son of Ernest…

Food, fun and fishing are in store Saturday for scores of young sportsmen. The 21st annual Hooked On Fishing, Not On Drugs (HOFNOD) fishing tournament casts off Saturday morning. The annual derby is sponsored by…