FORT SCOTT — When Post 15 is playing its best baseball, it coincides with the team having its most fun. Monday’s sweep over Fort Scott demonstrated just that as the Iola Indians had plenty of…

Rep. John Rubin, a Shawnee Republican, told the Associated Press he plans to abstain from voting during the special session called by Gov. Sam Brownback to deal with school funding.  Legislators earlier this year responded…

Mildred G. Ludolph, 97, Iola, died Sunday, June 12, 2016, at Windsor Place in Iola. The family will greet friends from 6 to 8 this evening at the Feuerborn Family Funeral Service chapel in Iola,…

HUMBOLDT — A Nevada, Mo., man was killed in a semi-truck accident east of Humboldt Monday evening. The Kansas Highway Patrol reported Jayson L. Wessley, 52, Nevada, was southbound on the highway when his truck,…

Jack Koehn, Iola’s superintendent of schools, is of a superstitious nature. It’s a good sign, he says, that the upcoming special session of the Kansas Legislature will begin on a Thursday. “They’ll have it done…

Iola City Council members may snuff a two-week-old ordinance that prohibits the sale of tobacco products to adults under 21. “It seems the road to hell is paved with good intentions,” Councilman Jon Wells said…

One of the beauties of democracy is its system of checks of balances.  One branch of government — either the legislative, executive or judicial — cannot go crazy without the others having the option to…

After Friday’s 10-0 loss to Parsons to open the Iola American Legion Tournament, Post 15 coach Rick Vink had seen enough. “He gave us a pretty good pep talk about being focused and having a…

One marker is in sight for Thomas Saxton. The judge bangs the gavel for the final time June 30, marking the end of a 27½-year career behind the bench. He’s down, more or less, to…

Hunter Preston knew if he could just get the ball in play, that Wyatt Seufert could do the rest. Seufert was on third base in the 2-2  game in the fifth and final inning of…