HUMBOLDT — Levi McGowen has found the perfect fit, academically and athletically, to continue his schooling. The Humboldt High senior signed a letter of intent this week to take part in track and field for…

ERIE — Athletes from the Iola and the Allen County Special Olympics teams were at a track meet May 6 at Erie High School. Results for the Iola Special Olympics team. Kobear Smith, first in…

Elementary school students in USD 257 enjoyed a warm, sunny day full of Field Day activities at Riverside Park on Thursday.

It wasn’t so long ago when Missouri was a purple state, up for grabs by whichever party did the best job capturing voters’ imaginations. The state was split down the middle politically as recently as…

COLBY — Allen Community College’s hopes of an extended playoff run took a big hit Wednesday. A painful, heartbreaking hit. After rallying to force extra innings, then forging ahead by a run in the top…

Two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, there’s a yearning for regular times that’s understandable and unstoppable. That reality, however, requires doing more to minimize COVID-19’s spread than the strategies employed so far at 2022’s high-profile…

CHANUTE — Iola High’s golfers battled high winds and tough greens Monday at Chanute’s Stone Creek Golf Course. Sophomore Titus Jones found a way to overcome the elements shooting a round of 92, good for…

How on earth does one spark controversy from that blandest of government creations, the internal working group? One way is to give it a scary, Orwellian name like the Disinformation Governance Board. That is the…

Iola High School seniors paraded past throngs of elementary school students, slapping hands in congratulation as they went. The seniors were practicing for Saturday’s graduation at the stadium in Riverside Park, while the younger students…

The Iola middle and high school bands performed a spring concert at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center on Wednesday evening.