Convicted as follows: Dalton Ryan-Cooper Coffield, Iola, inattentive driving, $195 Kolby A. Daum, Iola, driving without a valid license, failure to yield, $435 Trevor L. Gray, Iola, driving without a valid license, $195 Jasmine L.…

Dear Carolyn: My mom refuses to acknowledge the upside of her marriage to my dad. He was not the best husband or father, I’ll be the first to admit that. He was wrapped up in…

Dear Dr. Roach: I had a port put in for chemotherapy. I have a red scar on my chest and a smaller one near my collarbone. None of the nurses have seen one placed in…

Summer is here and the library’s Summer Learning Program is in full swing.  On Monday at 2 p.m., teens are invited to make a “Galaxy in a bottle” with Lesa Cole. All supplies are provided. …

Adapted from an online discussion. Dear Carolyn: I’ve had no motivation to exercise for two years. It’s a major mental block with consequences. Any suggestions for accessing some will to change? I’ve been in therapy.…

Dear Carolyn: We have friends who visit and take pictures the whole time they’re here. A group shot? Sure, I can do that. But the dozens I later see that they’ve taken? Nope. I find…

DEAR DR. ROACH: Would you please discuss the meaning and significance of blood tests to show the level of cancer markers to identify cancer and track the efficacy of treatments? I am 69 years old…

Calvary Life Center will host an ice cream social during and before the Thursday night municipal band performance.  Ice cream will be available at Calvary Life Center at 4 p.m. and at the bandstand starting…

Arrests reported Iola officers arrested Evelina Dyche, Iola, for suspicion of domestic battery Sunday in the 900 block of North Washington Avenue. Darren Johnson, 37, Iola, was arrested Friday at the intersection of East Street…

The transition from late spring to early summer was always my favorite growing up. The long, hot days meant different things over the course of my childhood, first afternoons at the pool, then evenings at…