David Bradley Cescon, age 56, died in Iola on Sunday, July 21, 2024. He was born in Iola on Jan. 17, 1986, to Dave and Carol (Smith) Cescon. He attended Iola High School and graduated…

REHOBOTH BEACH, Delaware (AP) — President Joe Biden will address the nation from the Oval Office on Wednesday evening on his decision to drop his 2024 Democratic reelection bid. Biden posted on X that he…

Monday evening’s Iola City Council meeting began with the swearing-in of new council member Benedikt Middleton. He fills the Ward 4 seat that was vacated when former council member Mark Peters resigned in late April.…

Public health officials with the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services and the Kansas Department for Children and Families recently discussed approaching an aging population and their…

It’s sometimes difficult to discern who is learning more from this summer’s Extension District programs: The teachers or the students. That’s the benefit of life lessons. We’re never too old to learn. As a recent…

Three youths and three adults recently attended PEAK, Persuing the Eternal Approval of the King, which Pastor Chase Riebel used as the basis of his sermon on Sunday. Lessons learned included a goal of seeking…

Steve Traw’s sermon Sunday, “Jesus as Healer,” centered on Mark 1:40, 2-12. During his ministry, Jesus often showed compassion by healing the sick and afflicted, like Nicodemus and the female Samaritan at the well. Jesus…

Craft aficionados can learn about fiber arts and spinning yarn in an Iola Public Library program for adults, 6:30 p.m. Thursday at the Flewharty Annex, 211 East St. Guest speaker Laura Jernigan, Iola, will demonstrate…

Nearly 1 of every 5 uninsured working-age adults across the 10 states that have not expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act are, according to a new analysis, stuck in a health care limbo known…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump was the Secret Service’s “most significant operational failure” in decades, Director Kimberly Cheatle told lawmakers Monday as calls mounted for her to resign. In…