Month: April 2018
Racing: Humboldt Speedway HUMBOLDT On Friday night at Humboldt Speedway, NASCAR / Whelen All-American racing returned to the 3/8-mile Hummer with drivers battling for wins to start the season. The premiere event of the…
Wrestling: Iola Wrestling Club
High School Track and Field: Iola Mustangs and Fillies The Iola track and field teams put in solid performances at the Fredonia Relays on Friday. Out of 21 teams, the Fillies finished third overall despite…
70 Years Ago April 1948 21 The Iola Junior College is now a fully accredited institution of higher learning, according to Joe W. Ostenberg, superintendent of schools, from the State Board of Education. The accreditation…
Major League Baseball: Royals 8, Tigers 5 DETROIT (AP) Buck Farmer kept throwing changeups to Mike Moustakas, and the Kansas City slugger eventually adjusted. Moustakas hit a tie-breaking, three-run homer in the seventh inning,…
Rain failed to dampen the festive spirit of the Las Vegas-themed Iola High School prom Saturday, as umbrella-wielding parents kept attendees relatively dry as they arrived for the traditional Grand March. Above, Chris Holloway holds…
Decades of shoe-leather reporting taught the New York journalist Joseph Mitchell that, as sure as the key to a good movie lies in the casting, the secret to a great story depends on the subject…
Judge Daniel Creitz admits he was wrong about the 31st Judicial Districts Drug Court, an alternative to prison that requires intensive monitoring for those convicted or charged with drug-related crimes. When then-sheriff Tom Williams, now…
More than 150 fourth-graders from Iola, Marmaton Valley and Humboldt schools attended Earth Day activities at the old ACC farm north of Iola. Clockwise from left, conservationist Gerald Gray illustrates how the different types of…
Iola Rotarians will celebrate their 100th anniversary with a festive event Sunday evening at the Allen County Country Club. The club was organized on Dec. 27, 1917, and chartered, under auspices of Chanute Rotarians, on…
