CHANUTE — A schedule has been announced for interviews for a pair of district magistrate judge vacancies. The 31st Judicial District Nominating Commission will convene at 9 a.m. Thursday, April 6, to interview nominees for…

William Glen (Bill) Maier, 63, of Iola, died Sunday, March 26, 2023, at Fredonia Regional Hospital. Bill was born June 10, 1959, in Iola, to John H. Maier and Norma Jean (Kunkler) Maier.  Bill and…

M. LaFern McDonald, 87, went to be with our Lord on Sunday, March 26, 2023.  LaFern was the only child born to Amos and Dorotha (Baker) Barnes on Jan. 31, 1936, in Iola. She was…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate voted Wednesday to repeal the resolution that gave a green light for the 2003 invasion of Iraq, an effort to return a basic war power to Congress from the White…

Nashville is grieving, broken and angry. Citizens feel powerless and we have so many questions about why the fatal shooting at The Covenant School on Monday happened. There are no words that can adequately capture…

It’s a now-taken-for-granted miracle that each year in these United States, more than 40,000 people have many healthy years added to their lives by getting new kidneys, livers, hearts and, in rare cases, lungs. That’s…

The Iola High baseball team hit their way to victory over Burlington on Tuesday night.  The Mustangs (3-0) attacked at the plate and hit three homers while the pitching was efficient enough to secure 17-8…

Suddenly lawmakers in several states are rushing to relax child labor laws to make it easier for teenagers to work longer hours, later hours and more dangerous jobs. In Arkansas, Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed…

UNIONTOWN — Humboldt, Marmaton Valley and Crest competed at the Uniontown Invitational track meet on Tuesday.  Crest secured first place as a team on the girls side while the Marmaton Valley boys earned first place…

The Iola High softball team fought tooth and nail against Burlington but was unsuccessful in their pair of matchups at home on Tuesday night.  The Mustangs (0-4) made it a tied game in the second…