INDEPENDENCE — Iola High’s Fillies came away with experience but no wins from the tennis matches Thursday at Independence.Autumn Snesrud played in her first varsity singles matches for Iola. Abbey St. Clair moved into doubles…

GARNETT — Iola High’s junior varsity volleyball team dropped matches to Louisburg and host Anderson County High Thursday night. Louisburg beat Iola 25-11, 25-13. Katie Thompson had two kills for the Fillies. Emma Sigg and…

FORT SCOTT — Runners from Iola High, Marmaton Valley High and Crest High took on not just other competitors and the cross country course Thursday. There also were mud and wet conditions to contend with.Iola…

HS Invitational is Saturday LOUISBURG — Iola High’s Fillies were left scrambling this week. Not only was it a short week with a match on the road Thursday, then the annual Iola High Invitational Saturday,…

Which way will history sway tonight?Iola High’s Mustangs host Parsons High’s Vikings in a Southeast Kansas League game. Both teams lost their season and SEK openers last week.The Vikings come into the game mired in…

MORAN — Ryan Moran encouraged Marmaton Valley students to be members of his POSSE Thursday.Moran, 28, a motivational speaker from Indianapolis, spoke about his POSSE theme in an hour-long presentation that shared a number of…

HUMBOLDT — A little-known history about the Mexican families who worked for Monarch Cement came to light Thursday night at the opening of the program “Life Under the Shadow of a Smoke Stack” at St.…

Christopher D. Dix, 31, Gas, will spend the next year in jail for his role in a March 2009 all-terrain vehicle accident that claimed the life of a Chanute woman. Judge Thomas Saxton handed down…

Little Macy Ellis wasn’t about to spill the beans as the stretch limousine made a couple of passes around the courthouse square in downtown Iola Saturday.Even when their 5-year-old granddaughter giggled and said she wasn’t…

HUMBOLDT — With years as a bakery manager behind her, it’s no wonder Stacy Avery turned to her kitchen when seeking a business venture that would allow the single mom and full-time Allen County Community…