A high number of COVID-19 cases at Iola High School this week nearly triggered an automatic mask mandate for the building. IHS reported 14 students and staff tested positive for COVID-19 as of Tuesday. Under…

Like any athlete, the members of Quentin Yoho’s team at Allen Community College need to be ready. They need to practice and prepare. They need to keep their grades up. They need to know how…

PITTSBURG — Marmaton Valley High School senior math students attended Math Honor Day at Pittsburg State University Oct. 7. Students attended three breakout sessions that helped teach math in different ways. Pittsburg State professors led…

Comics have rules. Middle school has rules. Everyone has rules. Flint, the main character in the novel “Squint,” likes to keep a list of rules. He uses them to help him navigate the treacherous territory…

Beautiful weather greeted a large crowd Thursday afternoon at the Allen County Airport for the Fly Kansas Air Tour, an annual event sponsored by the Kansas Commission on Aerospace Education and the Kansas Department of…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas schools are seeing a growing number of COVID-19 outbreaks, and school-aged children are getting infected more frequently than any other age group. The state Department of Health and Environment’s latest…

Iola schools will enforce a mask mandate when 4% of the students and staff at a building test positive for COVID-19.  School board members met in a special meeting Friday afternoon to discuss COVID criteria,…

While the needle hasn’t moved on a mask mandate — USD 257 still recommends face masks, but isn’t requiring them — the school board approved a new COVID-19 testing policy and sought to reassure a…

Parents and students wait outside McKinley Elementary School this morning. Most students in USD 257 returned to classes today, with face masks and social distancing recommended as the coronavirus pandemic continues.

Families are busy. Even more so now that school is in session and the list of things to do can seem daunting. It really comes down to organization. The first and most important tool is…