INDEPENDENCE — Finishing seven of 12 wrestlers in the top two of their respective weight brackets, Iola Middle School’s Ponies had a good night in their third tournament of the season.Seventh-grader Mason Snavely and eighth-grader…

Allen County Community College’s Gabriela Ruiz settled in after the first 800 meters of Saturday’s NJCAA National Cross Country race and ran her race. Ruiz, a freshman from Tulsa, Okla., claimed a top-15 finish at…

Going for a fourth win on the night, Iola Middle School’s eighth-grade A-team girls had a solid start to its game against visiting Anderson County Junior High Monday.But after a 6-2 lead in the first…

Allen County Community College is one step closer to building a new student housing complex.The college’s Board of Trustees, at its regular monthly meeting Thursday, hired architect Paul Cavanaugh of Places Architect’s, Wichita, to draw…

In the beginning, Matt and Lesley Skahan didn’t want to talk about their newborn son, Mason. “We knew something was wrong, that Mason was delayed,” Lesley said. “But it was hard to admit.”Despite the reassurances…

Iola City Councilmen Ken Rowe and Steve French used Thursday night’s town hall meeting at the middle school to gauge citizen attitude about a potential pay raise for city employees.The two council members, who represent…

Iolan Lee Berg, a volunteer firefighter, pleaded guilty this week to setting a series of grass and hay fires in northern Allen County.Berg, 19, pleaded guilty in Allen County District Court to five felony counts…

State Rep. Bill Otto told Iola school board members Monday he doesn’t expect Gov. Sam Brownback’s plan to revise the state’s education finance formula to make it back to the governor’s desk.“Unless this plan is…

HUMBOLDT — The old city hall here has been vacant for a year and City Administrator Larry Tucker thinks it would make a good incubator for a fledgling business.He proposed to the City Council Monday…

Spirit of Pink, a local fundaising organization typically geared to help breast cancer patients, has set its sights on a brighter Thanksgiving for families in need.A number of Spirit of Pink volunteers, area teenagers and…