With football season behind us, a new outdoor “sport” is taking Kansas by storm — barbecue.  Having recently joined the Kansas High School BBQ Association (KHSBBQA), Iola High School will have multiple teams competing this…

Iola Elementary School’s first- and fourth-grade classes presented “The Legend of Rock Paper Scissors” Tuesday in front of a packed house at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center. Participants in the skit were Taylor Chriestenson as…

Allen County Commissioner David Lee would rather the county landfill not get a reputation as a “tire landing zone.” And while Commissioner Jerry Daniels doesn’t love the idea, he recognizes accepting tires “is a revenue…

A former deputy who now teaches law enforcement skills at Allen Community College is challenging Sheriff Bryan Murphy for his job. Anthony Maness and Murphy, both Republicans, have filed for the sheriff’s race, setting up…

The book or the movie. A debate often follows when asked which is better.  When it comes to the story of “True Grit,” Iola Reads is offering a chance to discover the answer for yourself.…

A new Ashley Clinic Iola office aimed at providing both physical and mental health services will bring familiar physicians and staff. Dr. Tim Spears and others from Iola’s Family Physicians group will staff the new…

Find additional photos of Friday’s performance here. Despite becoming extinct 65 million years ago, dinosaurs roared onto the Bowlus Fine Arts Center stage Friday evening, delighting show-goers of all ages for the “Dinosaur World Live”…

Most people associate retirement with taking life at a leisurely pace. Beverly Beech must have missed the memo. Fresh off the heels of a career as a surgical technician, the energetic Iolan took a six-week…

Tammy Dieker might have traveled great distances to find the kind of treasure that was right under her feet. Dieker owns The Market Place, an antique store on the downtown square at 5 E. Madison…

Her first thought was that a fireworks display had malfunctioned. Iolan Winter Snyder was among the legions of Kansas City Chiefs fans — a crowd estimated in the hundreds of thousands — who had flocked…