BURLINGTON — The East Central Kansas Model T Ford Club meets the second Thursday of the month.  The ECKMT will meet at 6:30 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 14, in the conference room of the Burlington Kansas…

Humboldt Middle School students recognized for making the honor roll for the first quarter are: Principal’s Honor Roll: Eighth Grade: Daysha Borjas-Farrill, Ellie Carlson, Karis Cook, Jadey Ellis, Breah Jones, Tennyson Nassir, Riley Oson, Gabriel…

Humboldt Elementary School students named to the first quarter honor roll are: All A Honor Roll Third Grade: Khyren Allen, Marie Allen, Joe Barnhart, James Bartlett, James Betzen, Crosby Corbet, Radlee Decker, Olivia Downey, Grace…

Iola High School has announced its first quarter honor rolls. The honor roll is divided into three sections. All A’s requires a 4.0 GPA; Principal’s Honor Roll requires a 3.76 to 3.99 GPA; and Regular…

Brandon Palmer of Colony brought his farm animals to show third-graders at Iola Elementary School last Thursday. The students are learning about animal classifications as part of their language arts curriculum.

Thriller writer Maranda Collins, of Chanute, will discuss her Sadie Lynch series at Iola Public Library at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 22, as part of the library’s series of programs featuring local authors. She has…

After taking first place at the recent state horticulture contest in Manhattan, the Southwind District Horticulture Senior Team placed third overall during their first ever National Horticulture Contest in Lincoln, Neb. The contest was sponsored…

Iola Police are asking for information about the destruction of several trees at Highland Cemetery. The city’s Parks Department employees discovered the trees on Oct. 8. Someone apparently used a hand saw to cut the…

A new comet is starting to make an evening appearance in the night sky. A well known comet hunter named David Levy likes to say that comets are like cats, they have tails and they…

Members of the LaHarpe Volunteer Fire Department paid a visit Friday to Robin Manbeck’s My Second Home Daycare to show off their fire trucks and to let the youngsters spray the fire hoses.