TOPEKA — Vernon Mills has a strong message for school officials who are tired of fighting with angry community members over the benefits of making students and staff wear face coverings. The retired pediatrician from…

Like an old friend we’ve not seen for far too long, the Iola Community Theatre is back, and with a flourish. In its first public performance in nearly two years, ICT fittingly brings forth a…

As the United Nations climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland, enters its final day Friday, global leaders can point to signs of real progress. But the Earth is still headed for a dangerous level of warming.…

“Oh! Oh! I have an idea,” Angelito Young, a second- grader at Jefferson Elementary School exclaimed Friday morning. She quickly rearranged a series of plastic and metal cubes in a specific order, then held her…

Jimmie Leon Maley, 69, passed away Thursday, Nov. 11, 2021, at his home in Iola.  Jimmie was born June 5, 1952, to Glen and Florence (Crowell) Maley in Gas City. He graduated from Iola High…

Howard Reiter gave the Communion Meditation telling us about the man by the pool of Bethesda. Jesus asked the man if he would like to get well, but the man responded that he had no…

On June 3, 1955, our Heavenly Father welcomed Paul Albert Graham Jr. into this world. He gave breath to this tender soul, whose purpose would be to indelibly and positively impact many people over the…

CARBONDALE — Iola Middle School competed in the Pioneer League wrestling meet on Thursday at Santa Fe Trail Middle School in Carbondale. Three IMS seventh-grade wrestlers were crowned Pioneer League champions. IMS also won two…

At first glance, I didn’t think today’s conference on depression and teenage suicide would pertain to me.  But after a discussion with Amber Jewell, a social worker with Le Roy/Gridley schools, I realized that our…

TOPEKA  — Republicans in the Kansas Statehouse announced Thursday that they have enough signatures from lawmakers to call the Legislature back into a special session this month to fight federal vaccine rules. The unprecedented move…