Members of the Iola Police Department are, front row from left, Officer Mike Ford, Lt. Tom Roush, Lt. Timothy Francis, Officer Dominick Haen, Officer David Ingle, Rhonda Fulton (she no longer works for the department.…

Arrests On Aug. 10, Jermey Shultz, 31, of Iola, was arrested by Iola Police on suspicion of criminal damage to property and criminal trespass after a report of a break-in in the 400 block of…

Twenty years ago, the world watched in horror as two planes hit the World Trade Center, bringing two buildings crashing to the ground and killing thousands. Another plane crashed into the Pentagon, and another was…

A suspect in an Ashland, Mo., homicide was taken into custody after law enforcement raided a house in Iola Wednesday evening. Iola Police Chief Jared Warner, in a joint press release with the Ashland Police…

A Ford Edge driven by Braden Autry, age 17, was reported to have driven through a stop sign at a high rate of speed, headed south on Walnut Street, and collided with a Ford Escape…

A former Iola Police officer who worked for the department less than a year had his law enforcement certification revoked for numerous incidents of misconduct. The Kansas Commission on Peace Officers’ Standards and Training ordered…

Forty area youngsters flocked to Abbott’s Pond in Iola June 5 for the Iola Police Department’s annual Hooked On Fishing, Not On Drugs campaign. They were kept busy, landing a combined 123 fish on the…

Law enforcement officials remain tight-lipped following activity Tuesday in Iola’s 400 block of South Sycamore Street that included the presence of agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Several neighbors reported loud bangs as officers…

Law enforcement continue to investigate an incident Friday evening in which an elderly man was tased after refusing to pull over during a traffic stop. Iola Police Chief Jared Warner said a report is being…

Iola Head Start celebrated the Week of the Young Child by “Going Bananas” on Thursday. Head Start students ate bananas and hung out with Iola police, firefighters and paramedics. The grown-ups talked about their jobs,…