The Iola Middle School has announced its end of the year recognition and awards. American Legion Award: Brennan Coffield and India Barney. KSHSAA Citizenship Award: Bethany Miller and Isaac Velazquez. Principal’s Honor Roll (4.0 GPA)…

Pastor Steve Traw’s message Sunday was “Awaiting His Return,” taken from II Thessalonians, 3. Paul admonishes the Thessalonians to “not be weary in well doing” but to stay on course as they await Christ’s return.…

Youth Sunday was celebrated May 29 at Colony Christian Church. Owen Bahnsen gave our communion meditation about “Having Patient Endurance.” Romans 5:3 says, “We can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and trials, for…

EMPORIA — Emporia State University congratulates more than 750 undergraduates named to the university honor roll for spring 2022. Students from this area include: From Bronson: Dawn Bradford From Colony: Austin Crabtree, Benjamin Prasko From…

MANHATTAN — Iola High School FFA student Carley Dreher placed third in the Kansas FFA Prepared Public Speaking Leadership Development Event (LDE) at the 94th Kansas FFA Convention, June 1-3, on the Kansas State University…

MANHATTAN, Kansas — Three members of the Iola High School FFA were recognized for having some of the best Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE) programs in the state at the 94th Kansas FFA Convention, June 1-3.…

Gov. Laura Kelly visits with Lisse Regehr, CEO of Thrive Allen County, at a fundraiser Thursday night at Perry’s in Humboldt. Kelly and her running mate, Lt. Gov. David Toland, hobnobbed with an estimated 75…

Larry Wittmer gave the Colony Christian Church Communion Meditation with some personal reflections about life and death, asking the questions: “What’s it like to die?” and “Am I doing God’s will?” God’s will for us…

All “A” Honor Roll 8th grade: Taevyn Baylor, Josey Ellis, Darryl Farrill, Ricklyn Hillmon, Skylar Hottenstein, Mark McCullough, Victoria Melendez, Emma Morgan, Jayli Reno, Mason Sterling 7th grade: Collin Cook, Karoline Covey, Kamry DeLaTorre, Rylee…

Bruce Symes gave the Communion Meditation at the Colony Christian Church, remembering an article he had once read about a man who had raped and murdered a woman. The woman’s dad hated the man, and…