The Iola Fillies knew going into the season that they were going to need their underclassmen to step up to make an improvement over last season’s record and that is just what they got from…

Allen Community College’s volleyball program is looking to improve on a disappointing 2016 season and coach Whitney Shaw believes that their most recent addition could be a big key to righting the ship in 2017.…

When a team makes a deep run into the postseason, they are generally rewarded with plenty of individual honors. That was certainly the case for the Humboldt Cubs after their run to the state volleyball…

Dear editor, I wanted to address the letter to the editor in the paper about the Iola high school and middle school bands not performing at the Veterans Day Parade. The Kansas Music Educators Association…

Donald E. Jones, 81, Gas, passed away Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016, at Olathe Hospice House. Don was born May 8, 1935, in LaHarpe, the son of Elmer and Fern (Searcy) Jones. He grew up on…

The world of education is changing as dollars get tighter, Aleksander Sternfeld-Dunn notes. Too often, he contends, rural schools and colleges scale back fine arts classes, or cut them altogether, because those classes are seen…

Iola’s Logan Brown, Dylon Reiter, Tyler Boeken, Trent Jones and Landen Naulding each won individual championships at the Iola Invitational on Tuesday.TJ Taylor, Adam Atwell, Trenton Varney and Drake Sellman also found their way onto…

Allen Community College cross country coach Vince DeGrado has made no secret that he is not very concerned with his team’s meet performances until the end of the season.DeGrado subscribes to the belief that his…

It’s a small consolation to know Hillary Clinton received more votes than Donald Trump in Tuesday’s election. At last count, more than 200,000 votes were on her side of the ledger. The way the votes…

Spencer Vincent Newman Jr., 61, LaHarpe, died Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016 at his home.Memorial services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Wesley United Methodist Church in Iola. Go to www.feuerbornfuneral.com to leave a condolence…