Scores of supporters lined the streets around Iola’s downtown square Sunday morning for a sendoff of the Kansas Army National Guard’s 891st Engineer Battalion. The Guardsmen were leaving Iola for a yearlong deployment to Kuwait…

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Overdue fines will no longer be issued on children’s accounts at the Iola Public Library. Fines accrued in the past on children’s accounts have been forgiven, clearing 227 accounts, the library announced in a press…

U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran said he sees “merit” in an infrastructure bill Congressional Democrats and President Donald Trump are working on.  Moran, a Republican, said he could see the measure as a good way of…

Life has recently thrown ACC student-athletes Eduardo Tavares, David Almeida and Tiago Troyano Pereverziev de Abreu quite a curveball. The three soccer players, all hailing from Brazil, cannot return to their home country due to…

City leaders are pushing back their plans to open the Iola Municipal Pool, at least a week. Interim Iola City Administrator Corey Schinstock announced this morning the delay, citing a recent rise in confirmed COVID-19…

Don’t let Ana Davis’s quiet nature fool you. Still waters, as they say, run deep. And once engaged in conversation, Davis’s passion for racial and social justice rises quickly to the surface. “It’s just something…

Shoppers flocked to downtown Iola Saturday for 620 Day-related sales and other activities. Darcy O’Neill and her daughter, Delaney O’Neill, of Wichita, check out clothing at Audacious Boutique. The O’Neills and their friends were passing…

LOS ANGELES — Karlea Boyer believes there are two levels of music artists. The first is the singer/songwriter, where an artist has a very specific idea of what a song should be and will fight…

This Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. around the Iola square and downtown area, businesses and service providers will gather for a celebration of the “620” area code. Hosted by the Iola Area Chamber…