Chamber member Alyssa George of American Family Insurance hosted the Chamber’s first 2021 Chamber Coffee event this Tuesday, March 2. Due to COVID-19, the event was the first Chamber Coffee held in almost a year.…

How do nations sleepwalk into war? Often through lack of imagination. That is the thesis that impelled Adm. James Stavridis, a former NATO supreme commander, and Elliot Ackerman, a prominent fiction writer and decorated Marine…

MISSION, Kan. (AP) — Firefighters in suburban Kansas City are investigating a fire that destroyed part of the First Baptist Church in Mission, Kansas, but spared the long-standing church’s sanctuary.  Firefighters were called to the…

WASHINGTON (TNS) — Republicans greeted climate legislation from their Democratic peers with a cold embrace, calling it a “one-size-fits-all” approach. Nevertheless, some elements of the bill have a shot at bipartisan support, including electricity standards,…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Jean Andrade, an 88-year-old who lives alone, has been waiting for her COVID-19 vaccine since she became eligible under state guidelines nearly a month ago. She assumed her caseworker would contact…

OKLAHOMA CITY (TNS) — The legend goes something like this: In 1897, the good people of Eastland, Texas, put a time capsule in the cornerstone of the courthouse being built downtown. In went a Bible,…

IOLA MUNICIPAL COURT Judge Patti Boyd Convicted as follows with fines assessed: William E. Bauman, Iola, failure to comply, no seat belt, $205 Raymond J. Londagin, Iola, theft, $875, probation ordered Britney M. Marmon, Garnett,…

Twice arrested Nancy Newkirk, 63, Iola, was arrested Feb. 27 for suspicion of being a pedestrian under the influence after Iola police officers were called to investigate a disturbance in the 10 block of East…

Iola’s Wesley United Methodist Church and the LaHarpe PRIDE Committee are once again distributing boxes of food to anyone who needs it Wednesday morning. Both begin at 11 a.m., in the parking lot next to…

Darren McGhee gave the communion meditation on leadership. Nehemiah chose to leave the king’s service and return home to help rebuild Jerusalem. The people rebuilt the walls and gates of the city, and it only…