Pastor Steve Traw’s message “One by One’ was taken from Ephesians 12. Pastor Steve said as a young boy attending the Christian Church the congregation would sing the old hymn “Win Them One By One.” …

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Officials in some Kansas communities are battling a rise in COVID-19 cases by mandating masks for kids, issuing emergency orders and requiring vaccines. The seven-day rolling average of daily new cases…

Sean Hurst of Iola and a student at Yates Center High School was elected as Powell County Commissioner at the Aug. 1-7  Boys State summer program. Boys State is sponsored by the American Legion with…

Arrests On Aug. 10, Jermey Shultz, 31, of Iola, was arrested by Iola Police on suspicion of criminal damage to property and criminal trespass after a report of a break-in in the 400 block of…

IOLA MUNICIPAL COURT Judge Patti Boyd Convicted as follows with fines assessed: Braden L.M. Autry, Iola, reckless driving, failure to yield, speeding, $755, diversion Karyssa L. Bruner, Neosho Falls, driving a vehicle on property and…

The Sunflower Quilter’s Guild will meet Monday at the Humboldt United Methodist Church, Fellowship Hall, 806 N. Ninth. The board meeting will begin at 9:30 a.m. and the Guild meeting at 10. Susan McMillan will…

Southwind Extension District 4-H members from Allen County competed Aug. 14, in the State Horticulture Judging Contest at Throckmorton Hall on the Kansas State University campus in Manhattan.   They had to identify 50 different…

An Iola man has been banned from doing business in Kansas and ordered to pay more than $58,000 in restitution and penalties for failing to provide goods after being paid, and making unfair transactions. Don…

WASHINGTON (AP) — A man who claimed to have a bomb in a pickup truck near the Capitol surrendered to law enforcement after an hourslong standoff Thursday that prompted a massive police response and the…

The Iola City Commission accepted the $91,545 bid of Pittsburg Des Moines Steel Co. of Des Moines for erection of a 500,000 gallon water tank. It will nearly quadruple Iola’s water storage capacity. It will…