Resources for Alzheimer’s caregivers and cooking with chocolate are the topics of Iola Public Library programs next week.  The new Alzheimer’s Caregiver Support Group, led by IPL’s director of patron services, Melissa Smoot, meets at…

Arrest reported Shane Evan, 20, Iola, was arrested by Iola police officers Thursday in the 400 block of East Miller Road, for suspicion of distributing marijuana and drug paraphernalia, as well as not having liability…

Convicted as follows: Joseph J. Bell, Iola, animal nuisance, $315 Jada R.L. Harris, Chanute, failure to stop at accident, $315 Keaton D. Logan, Gas, driving while suspended, possessing alcohol as a minor, $555, probation ordered…

Dear Carolyn: For Christmas, my friend gave me a best-selling weight-loss book. During the pandemic, my adult child had a mental health breakdown, secondary to drug abuse, and moved in with me. In all the…

Kenneth M. Morris, age 58, of Humboldt, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023, at KU Medical Center, Kansas City, Kan. Ken was born Oct. 21, 1964, in Iola. His parents are Gerald (Gary) Yokum and…

U.S. agriculture officials on Friday proposed new nutrition standards for school meals, including the first limits on added sugars, with a focus on sweetened foods such as cereals, yogurt, flavored milk and breakfast pastries. The…

A proposed Republican “border security” plan, now stalled in the U.S. House, is so extreme that even some members of the party, namely Miami-Dade’s Maria Elvira Salazar, have denounced it, saying it jeopardized the U.S.…

The mayor of Austin, Texas, responded to mounting criticism and apologized Friday for a lack of communication with residents as a winter storm coated the city in ice and cut power — and heat —…

Humboldt Elementary School students got into the act Thursday of celebrating their 100th day of classes for the 2022-23 school year by receiving luggage tags from Allen Community College. Allen is celebrating its centennial this…

Teenagers from Iola and Johnson County will lead a revamped “13 Reasons to Fly SEK” mental health awareness event at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center. on Monday. The annual event, which began in 2019, offers…