INDEPENDENCE — Iola High School’s Forensics team members narrowly missed out on a sweepstakes championship Saturday. The Iola actors and speakers took second place at the Independence Invitational. Iola finished four points behind meet champion…

First Presbyterian Church hosted the first of the community Lenten breakfasts Wednesday morning. Hosts for the next six weeks are: First Christian Church, March 1; Calvary Methodist Church, March 8; no church has signed up…

Have you noticed the two bright “stars” in the western skies this month?  They are not stars, rather they are the planets Jupiter and Venus.  Venus is the brighter of the two and Jupiter is…

HUMBOLDT — The next meeting of the Sunflower Quilters’ Guild is set for Mondy morning at the Humboldt United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall, 806 N. Ninth.  The board meeting will be held at 9:30 a.m.,…

Results follow. Oral Interpretation of Prose: Alyssa Williams, first, Cole Moyer, second, Kendall Glaze, fourth.  Oral Interpretation of Poetry: Shaun McLaughlin, fourth Humorous Solo Acting: Macie Hoag, second, Cole Moyer, fourth. Serious Solo Acting: Macie…

Students with Miss Chelsea’s Dance Academy were in St. Louis Jan. 26-29 for the Deprese Dance Convention. The studio received an “eminence award” for the students’ hard work and technique. The dancers earned one diamond,…

If you live in an old house and have always wondered about its past and the people in it, the Iola Public Library has a program for you: “Researching Your Home and the People Who…

Charyl Link discussed “Prehistoric Odyssey,” a book published by Kale Link, a teenager from Willisburg, and a 2022 graduate from West Franklin High School in Pomona. His story is about a boy named Owen and…

Wings of Warriors, a local support organization that aids cancer patients, met Thursday at the Gas Community Building, with seven members in attendance. The group assisted 21 patients with 25 gift cards since the previous…

IOLA MUNICIPAL COURT Judge Patti Boyd Convicted as follows: Angel L. Lair, Iola, failure to yield, $195 Cole Moyer, Iola, speeding (49/35), $179.