Tom Ellis is, if anything, visionary. He has a deep love for Iola — returned when he could have stayed in California, more conducive to his artistic bent — and spends a good measure of…

COLONY — Marmaton Valley High School was victorious in a 50-0 win over Crest High School on Friday night. The Wildcats moved to 2-0 while the Lancers fell to 1-1.  “I think everybody played really…

HUMBOLDT — If Humboldt High is to celebrate monumental victories, they will come later in the season — think playoffs — but Friday night’s solid 22-8 conquest of Cherryvale will do for the moment, and…

LACYGNE — The scoreboard may not have looked any prettier and the sting of defeat may have been the same for the Iola Mustangs (0-2) after falling 21-0 at Prairie View Friday night, but one…

The Red Devils men’s and women’s soccer teams opened up their conference slate on the road on Tuesday. The men fell 3-1 to Cowley County while the women grabbed a 2-1 win over the Lady…

The Iola junior varsity girls’ tennis team made improvement on Tuesday in the Labette County junior varsity meet at Parsons. The highlight was the No. 2 doubles team consisting of sisters Kassy and Sidney Shelby…

“In tennis and in life, the one who serves best often wins.”This is a quote that Iola tennis head coach Jenn Bycroft has used for years but on Wednesday, she and her team put it…

HUMBOLDT — New Humboldt Elementary School teacher Jalayne Nelson enters teaching first grade on a new platform. However, she is no stranger to teaching or being in Kansas. Nelson, a Le Roy native who married…

MORAN — New USD 256 teacher Halie Luken is no stranger to Marmaton Valley High School. She graduated from MVHS in 2011 and now returns with multiple teaching duties in taking over for former teacher…

Iola native Virginia L. Pettit King passed away peacefully on the morning of Sept. 4, 2017, following a noble battle with cancer over the past four years. Virginia was surrounded by family hours before her…