“Stray Cat Strut” starts with a hum, then a thrum, then a throb. Lee Rocker, founding member of the iconic 1980s rockabilly band Stray Cats, launched onto the stage at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center…

“Rockabilly” is the original rock-and-roll, according to Lee Rocker. “It started, arguably, in the 1950s. It’s really a combination of blues and country, with rhythms that are just purely an American form of music,” he…

View dozens more photos of the performance here. “Come with me and you’ll be in a world of pure imagination,” Willy Wonka entreats his eager guests. Iola High School’s drama department takes it from there…

Michael Kaeshammer has invested a lot — countless hours at the keyboard, hundreds of recordings, thousands of live performances, millions of miles in the air and on the road — all in pursuit of a…

Truck drivers hauling material to and from Monarch Cement Co. in Humboldt face a particularly troublesome stretch of road on K-39 west of Chanute toward Fredonia.  Kent Webber, president of Monarch, shared his concerns about…

Erik Larson, a six-time New York Times bestseller who was set to be in Iola Saturday, has postponed his appearance until 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 28. Tickets for Larson’s show — part of the Bowlus…

State transportation officials will meet in Iola next week as part of a multi-stop tour to discuss regional transportation project priorities.  The Kansas Department of Transportation is hosting nine meetings in October as part of…

The Allen Community College music department will offer its first concert of the school year at 7 p.m. on Thursday at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center. It is free to the public and will feature…

With a wink and a nod, the Iola Community Theatre has turned a classic fairy tale on its ear as it brings “Robin Hood and His Merry Men: A Comedy in Two Acts” to the…

Iola artists Max and Candice Grundy took advantage of Sunday afternoon’s sunny weather to put the finishing touches on a mural on the south wall of Audacious Boutique, located at 19 S. Jefferson Ave., Iola.…