The community will send off Iola High School’s Underhogs competition BBQ team at 11:45 a.m. Sunday at the IHS parking lot. The Underhogs are headed to Dallas to compete in the National High School BBQ…

MORAN — Youngsters of all ages are exploring the nature of God this week, through the annual Moran Vacation Bible School. The weeklong session culminates with a community church service Sunday at the Moran City Park.…

Work to begin an extensive rebuild of U.S. 54 through Iola has begun. Crews arrived en masse Monday to set up barricades and signage, paring traffic through downtown Iola to two lanes, and closing off…

A child was taken to a Kansas City Hospital after being struck by a motorist at the intersection of Jefferson and Breckenridge streets in north Iola Monday. The Iola Police Department reported Michael Holtz was…

Monday’s severe weather prompted discussion at Tuesday’s Allen County Commission meeting and spurred conversation about efforts to identify possible issues with the county’s new Genasys emergency notification system. Emergency Management Director Jason Trego told commissioners…

Iola Police Department’s annual Hooked On Fishing, Not On Drugs (HOFNOD) fishing derby is slated for Saturday morning at Abbott’s Pond, to the west of North Cottonwood Street. The event is free for children ages…

Severe weather in the region early Monday morning resulted in a tornado warning for parts of Allen County — but no tornado sirens for area residents. Allen County Emergency Management Director Jason Trego told the…

The SAFE BASE summer program kicked off Monday, welcoming students for another season of learning, recreation and adventure.  The free program, available to all K-8th grade students who live within USD 257, provides a chance…

Incumbent Jerry Daniels is the sole candidate to keep his seat on the Allen County Commission. Monday’s deadline passed with nobody else filing to vie for Daniels’s position. Daniels, of Humboldt, represents the southern portions…

Around 60 area residents ran, walked and biked in support of mental health Saturday morning, participating in a fun run to benefit Zero Reasons Why Allen County. Organized by Deputy Patrick Cash of the Allen…