Humboldt Speedway’s owners Ron and Rhenda Whitworth have worked hard the past 20-plus years to provide a great facility to race. All that work is paying off. The “Hummer,” as the local dirt track is…

Carpe diem. Seize the day. It is time. Iola High’s fall sports programs have reached the end of the road. Today and Friday, Iola High will close a long chapter in athletic history. The Fillies’…

District games determine which teams advance into playoff spots in Kansas high school football. For Iola High’s Mustangs and the Fort Scott High Tigers, Friday’s game signals the drive to playoffs. Plus it will be…

The Isaacs, a multi-award winning family group will bring its country and bluegrass gospel music to the Bowlus Fine Arts Center Saturday. The 6 p.m. concert is the next in the Southeast Kansas Christian Artist…

A local group of family and friends plan to dust off their platform shoes, bell-bottomed pants and polyester jumpsuits Saturday as they recreate the 1970s while honoring a local cancer victim. The contingent will participate…

Dwight Carswell, a 25-year-old 2004 Iola High School graduate, has accepted a position as a law clerk for Judge Neil Gorsuch of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, Denver, Colo. The one-year,…

A century after Juliette “Daisy” Gordon Low formed Girl Scouts of America, the group is going strong in Iola. Low’s vision was to help young girls become courageous, confident and of good character which would,…

Activities galore will fill downtown Iola tonight and Friday night and with something for everyone from early morning until well after dark on Saturday for the 40th annual edition of Farm-City Days. Free games for…

Two businesses will receive property tax breaks as part of Iola’s neighborhood revitalization plan after those business owners appealed to the Iola City Council for inclusion. American Self Storage, built on the east edge of…

Only 14 percent of registered voters say members of Congress deserved to be re-elected, and 84 percent think it’s time to throw the rascals out and give “someone else a chance,” according to a recent…