A new public transportation program could take over the county’s senior bus service. Jeff Keithly, director of ART, and Lisse Regher, CEO of Thrive, asked county commissioners to consider a consolidation between their general public…

Members of Iola Community Theatre’s Improv Comedy Team are rooting for Rookies Saturday. The improv troupe will offer a show at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the ICT Warehouse, 203 S. Jefferson. Proceeds will be handed…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy expanded at a 2.1% annual pace from April through June, showing continued resilience in the face of higher borrowing costs for consumers and businesses, the government said Wednesday in…

Since 1955, 13 Atlantic storm names beginning with “I” have been retired, according to the National Weather Service. That happens when a storm’s death toll or destruction is so severe that using its name again…

The Iola tennis team is heading into the season with the most loaded roster it’s had in recent memory.  The Mustangs will be returning a strong string of senior leaders including Keira Fawson, who reached…

The Marmaton Valley Junior High volleyball squad matched up against Yates Center as well as Pleasanton and Thayer over the weekend.  The Wildcats came out firing and took down Yates Center in the first match…

Iola’s junior varsity tennis team fared well at the Fort Scott JV meet on Monday, with most coming away with second-place medals. The Mustangs were most successful in singles play where they won a couple…

OLATHE, Kan. (AP) — The preliminary hearing in the felony case for Jackson Mahomes, the brother of Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, has been pushed back nearly a month because the judge has COVID-19.…

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Simone Biles is not going to explain herself. Part of this is by design. Part of this is because she simply can’t. When the gymnastics star is at her best,…

Kenneth Walter Campbell, age 82, of Iola, died on Sunday, Aug. 27, 2023, at Moran Manor.  He was born Dec. 13, 1940, in Almena, to George Campbell and Genola (Grose) Campbell.  He married Mary Kathryn…