Iola High School career technology education (CTE) students were busy this week creating an elevated flowerbed frame for the Iola Public Library. The students were putting the finishing touches on their project by lining the…

Iola Public Library director Sharon Moreland speaks to a group of museum directors and other personnel Monday during  a spring meeting of the Southeast Kansas Museum Alliance. The Alliance, which covers 16 counties in this…

As a first-generation college student who is now a professor, I know firsthand the vital role libraries play in providing access to knowledge and opportunity, especially for those from underserved backgrounds.  At my university, nearly…

An executive order signed by President Donald Trump could have significant consequences for libraries across Kansas. On March 14, the Trump administration issued an order to dismantle seven federal agencies, one of which is the…

Children’s book illustrator and author R.W. Alley, who for more than 20 years has provided illustration for the popular “Paddington Bear” book series, will be in Allen County Tuesday and Wednesday to visit with area…

Kansas Poet Laureate Traci Brimhall will be at the Iola Public Library at 7 p.m. Thursday (April 3) with “Memory Feast,” a program which unites the state’s agricultural roots with the literary arts. Brimhall is…

Charlotte Lewis (nom de plume of Karan Bailey) will be at the Iola Public Library from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday for a meet-and-greet and book signing.  She has a whole string of mysteries and…

Chris Belknap’s sleuthing skills topped all others Saturday at the Iola Public Library. Belknap was the first to correctly surmise the perpetrator — Dusty Tomes — in the dramatic conclusion of a dinner theater hosted…

For the past 59 years, the Iola Public Library has served as the headquarters for the Southeast Kansas Library System. And while the desire from both entities is to continue that relationship, there are changes…

Folklorist Jim Hoy grew up on a stock ranch near Cassoday, lived all his life in the Flint Hills where he developed a fascination with the folklife of ranching. He heard tales of grasshoppers so…