Howard Reiter gave the Communion meditation on Sunday’s Colony Christian Church. At the time of Jesus’ birth, the Jews had reached the promised land long ago, but had lost their spiritual compass.  Tyranny, slavery, injustice…

Carroll and Faith Weber have been running the Best Western Motel in Iola for years but last month they took on their own restaurant for the first time. The Best Western Restaurant and the Inn…

Those who attend the opening performance of “The Diary of Anne Frank” will be the first to use the new Thomas H. Bowlus Fine Arts Center parking lot. City workmen removed the service station on…

Larry Stiles has a new $3,100 motorized wheelchair, thanks to Rep. Denice Apt of Iola, and well-wishers from Iola and all over Kansas. Stiles became partially paralyzed five years ago in a pole vaulting accident…

LAHARPE — Weekly bingo games at the LaHarpe Willis J. Ross Veterans of Foreign Wars Post will not be held this week or next, because the Friday games would have fallen on Christmas Eve and…

Dear Carolyn: I have two children who are both fundamentally good kids. BUT one is a very, very cute 10-year-old daughter and the other is a very, very annoying 14-year-old son. One is cuddly and…

CHANUTE — Downtown Chanute is looking to begin a $6 million renovation project this summer, according to the Chanute Tribune. Plans include the renovation of the Masonic Temple, built in 1899, and the construction of…

Darren McGhee gave the communion meditation at Colony Christian Church service about Jesus’ earthly father, Joseph. He’s not mentioned a lot in the Bible.  What kind of man was he? We know he was quiet,…

The clear, crisp notes of “The First Noel” echoed across the square Friday afternoon as the Iola High School Brass Choir went caroling with their trumpets, French horns and tubas. Shown in a photograph, playing…

Unknown pedestrian hit Iola police officers said Charlotte E. Lucas was southbound on North State Street Dec. 9, when an unknown male ran into the street and was hit by Lucas’s car. Vehicles collide Danielle L.…