In the months ahead discussions will focus often — in meetings and over the back fence — on what USD 257 will do to give students better opportunities in the classroom.One of those casual stabs…

The Big Train, 12-and-under AA team,  went 3-1 and took third this past weekend at the MSP Fathers’ Day Classic in Shawnee. Back row, left to right, Trey Sommer, Maddox Johnson, Carter Hutton, Gavin Page…

The Fillies played their final home games of the Summer League season on Wednesday at Riverside Park and swept Chanute.Iola won the first game 6-5 and cruised to 16-6 win in game two. The Fillies’…

YATES CENTER — Neosho County has had its share of growing pains this season as it competes as an American Legion Triple-A team despite being an extremely young group.On Wednesday, they had a chance to…

Elza Clift, left, and Emilia Wilkerson participate in a mirroring exercise this morning as part of the Children’s Summer Theater Workshop. Thirty-six youths in grades 3-8 are working on basic theater techniques this week before…

Rotarians  from Iola greeted Tulsa Rotarian Bob MacKenzie, Wednesday, as he and fellow bicyclist Steve Schoonover, Salt Lake City, Utah, swapped positions during the Allen County section of the 36th Annual Race Across America.The riders…

First-degree murder charges remain intact for Joshua Knapp, Rhonda Jackson and James Myers, for the 2016 killing of Iolan Shawn CookAt the conclusion of a two-day preliminary hearing Wednesday, Allen County Magistrate Judge Tod Davis…

Richard Allan (Dick) Bushey, 72, an Iola native and retired Wichita Fire Department captain and former security officer for Wesley Medical Center, died Tuesday, June 20, 2017, at Minneola District Hospital in Minneola.Funeral service will…

Yvonne Anita (Ulin) Thummel, 95, Iola, passed away Monday, June 19, 2017.  Yvonne was born April 22, 1922, at home in Hunter, the daughter of Francis and Gurthy (Turner) Ulin.Yvonne graduated from Hunter High School…

Carol Joy Cress, 70, Humboldt, passed away unexpectedly at Diversicare of Chanute on Tuesday, June 20, 2017.  Carol was born on Jan. 23, 1947, in Dillon, Mont., the daughter of Lee Stanley and Ethel Cecilie…