On Aug. 26 at the Kansas City Chiefs preseason football game against the Cleveland Browns, Gracie Snethen, 17, Griffin Snethen, 15, and Klaira Hayes, 15, all performed in the half-time show with the Chiefs cheerleaders…

Dear Carolyn: My fiancée and I can’t agree on how to spend Christmas as a couple. She has one sister, who is single, and they were raised by a single mom after the death of…

The Iola Municipal Band will be featured on an episode of “Positively Kansas” at 8 p.m. Friday on Wichita’s PBS Station, KPTS Channel 8. Chris Frank, a senior producer for PBS, was in Iola over…

Hope Unlimited and AmeriCorps Senior volunteers partnered Monday to honor local First Responders for 9/11 Day of Remembrance. 

Members of Kappa Alpha met for an evening social at Iola’s First Christian Church Aug. 21.  Members were divided into two teams for a scavenger hunt around town.  The hunt included both clues to photograph…

It’s important to remain hopeful after retirement, guest speaker Amber Jewell told Allen County Area Retired School Personnel Sept. 6. Jewell was the guest speaker for the group’s monthly meeting. Even retired educators still have…

Unfortunately, this is the second year in a row that we are facing drought conditions going into the fall. Our fescue lawns have really taken a beating the last two years and many have almost…

Adapted from an online discussion. Dear Carolyn: I recently inherited some money, enough to allow me to quit my job and buy a new car. Nothing flashy, just a nice, reliable vehicle. I’m now focused…

Thursday will be the last market of the season for Allen County Farmers’ Market  The market will be on the square along Jefferson Street from 5:30 to 7 p.m.  Vendors will have the following: fresh…

The Prairie Dell 4-H Club met on Sept. 4, 2023.   Roll call was answered by projects members would like to enroll in for the 2023-24 4-H year.   The 2023-24 officer elections were held.…