IOLA MUNICIPAL COURT Judge Patti Boyd Convicted as follows: Sue M. Burgess, Iola, theft, $336, probation ordered Tristan D. Fry, El Dorado, theft, $315, probation ordered Joseph M. Leftwich, Neosho Falls, driving while suspended (third…

CONCORDIA — Iola took two more steps to a state baseball repeat. The Post 15 Indians steamrolled Beloit, 13-3, Friday morning, to advance to the championship semifinals, set for Friday evening against Garnett in the…

Ryan Diehl, son of Shirley and the late Richard Diehl of Iola, was recently awarded the 2022 National Collegiate Honors Council Ron Brandolini Award for Excellence. The award recognizes a two-year college honors director or…

Last weekend, River Glenn Watkins, 7,  of Ottawa finished his Little League season by winning the MVP Award and a signed baseball.  He ended the season by going 4-for-4 for the Hawks, who play their…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has chosen Adm. Lisa Franchetti to lead the Navy, a senior administration official said Friday. If confirmed, she would be the first woman to be a U.S. military service…

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) — Rashee Rice spent every morning this past summer huddling with Shane Buechele, the former Texas quarterback-turned-backup to Patrick Mahomes, trying to get a grasp on the telephone book-thick playbook of…

In a unanimous vote, the Lawrence City Commission has passed an ordinance declaring the city a safe haven “for all persons seeking shelter from the adversity of discrimination, in all its forms, including those persons…

Dear Carolyn: My wife has what I would call some anger issues. I don’t know whether she would agree. But I have asked her at various times to be “nicer” to me. (I hate putting…

LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) — A 13-year-old girl kidnapped in Texas and sexually assaulted was rescued in Southern California when passersby saw her hold up a “help me” sign in a parked car, police and…

ANAHEIM, Calif. — With the Yankees in town and trade rumors swirling around Shohei Ohtani, Japanese reporters were hard at work in Anaheim earlier this week. For much of the group, Ohtani — not his…