If you’ve ever thought that Iola has a preponderance of bright yellow forsythia bushes, you may be right.  In 1957, a campaign to make Iola the Forsythia City of southeastern Kansas was launched by the…

A persistent rumor is Sam Brownback will give up most of the last two years of his second term as governor in favor of a minor ambassadorial position in Rome. Brownback hasn’t confirmed he will…

 It was an afternoon in late July of 2014. Aric Toler, living in Charlotte at the time and working in the corporate security division at Bank of America, was at home, scrolling through his Twitter…

Janet (Morrison) Treat died Tuesday, March 7, 2017, due to the effects of advanced Parkinson’s disease. She was born July 11, 1943, the daughter of Clarence and Juanita Morrison. She grew up on the family…

Richard J. Tholen, 67, Garnett, passed away from a brain hemorrhage on Tuesday, March 7, 2017, at University Hospital in Columbia, Mo. He was surrounded by family when he passed. He was born on April…

While Barry Cook and Cathy Whitworth, Chanute, are entertaining guests at the Iola Elks Lodge and at REB’s Place, Humboldt, they have a side project that is taking them to Nashville, Tenn. They met while…

HUTCHINSON — As they have all season, the Cubs fought valiantly, but for only the third time all season, that fight wasn’t rewarded with a victory. Humboldt was eliminated from the 3A State Tournament on…

The future continues to only look brighter for a pair of area schools in the Three Rivers League. Yates Center and Crest each saw a sophomore earn First Team All-League honors this season. For Crest,…

The following is a Press Release from NASCAR:   The track that helped launch Clint Bowyer’s four-wheel racing career will join the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series for the 2017 season. Humboldt Speedway, a .387-mile D-shaped…

Josh Jackson, the No. 1 high school basketball recruit in the nation last year, may not have taken his mother’s lessons to heart after deciding to spend a year playing for the KU Jayhawks before…