The Flood of 2007 and the change in Iola’s city government gave immediacy to redrawing city voting wards. To meet those changes for the April 5 ballots, County Clerk Sherrie Riebel has had to draw…

A group of Iolans is trying to come up with ways that the city as a whole can reduce its energy footprint, and win Iola $100,000 in the process.Iola is one of five southeast Kansas…

Longtime Iola resident Merle Irene Dean Rutledge, 89, died of a brain aneurysm Thursday, Jan. 13, 2011, at Menorah Medical Center in Overland Park.Born in Canadian, Texas, on Dec. 17, 1921, she was the seventh…

MORAN — Marmaton Valley Junior High’s boys dropped two decisions to visiting Oswego Thursday.In the A-team game, Marmaton Valley lost 47-31. Cole Endicott, Trent Johnson and Brady Newman each had nine points to lead the…

COLONY — Crest Middle School’s Lancers nailed down a 34-18 win over visiting Pleasanton Thursday with a 14-6 run in the third quarter.The Lancers led 14-8 at halftime of the A-team game. Crest is 4-3.Rene…

PLEASANTON — Crest High’s Lancers and Uniontown High Eagle girls are out to find their way back to the championship games of the annual Pleasanton Blu-Jay Mid-Season Tournament. Both teams lost in the 2010 title…

BUFFALO — Scoring just one point in the first half put Crest High’s Lady Lancer in a deep hole Friday night.Their hosts, the Altoona-Midway High Jets zoomed to a 16-1 halftime lead. The Lady Lancers…

PITTSBURG —  Hanging tough for the first half, Uniontown High’s Eagle girls fell to the pressure of Pittsburg-St. Mary’s-Colgan High’s Panthers Friday.The Panthers built on an 18-13 halftime lead to win 48-33.“We did not handle…

ALTOONA — Crest High’s boys learned their lesson from a week ago.Like they did seven days prior, the Lancers opened their contest Friday on fire. They led host Altoona-Midway 20-2 after one period and 36-10…

FREDONIA — Playing back-to-back games, Yates Center High’s Wildcats made it two for two with a 68-37 win Friday night over Fredonia High’s Yellowjackets.Yates Center made up its non-league game with Waverly High’s Bulldogs Thursday.…