HUMBOLDT — Not being able to get the basketball much past half court, Humboldt High’s Lady Cubs hit a wall Tuesday at home. Playing without their starting guard duo, the Lady Cubs had trouble handling…

Because Westar will not rely on generators owned and operated by the city of Iola, the electric line transfer scheduled for tonight has been delayed.  City Administrator Carl Slaugh said Tuesday Westar will conduct the…

Tuesday, rainy and cool, was a perfect day for Iola Parks Department employees to work indoors at their shop in Riverside Park, righting damage that has occurred over decades to tombstones in Iola Cemetery. In…

Joe Drape told about 100 responsive folks Tuesday evening how his book about Smith Center’s football team came about. The talk was the finale in the Iola Reads programming about “Our Boys.” Drape spoke at…

Hospital trustees accepted bids for earth and structural work at their meeting Tuesday night for the new Allen County Hospital. Bids for rebar, steel and concrete and erection, digging, grading and drilling services totaled about…

Julia “Judy” Lutz, 91, of Garnett died Monday, Feb. 6, 2012, at Anderson County Hospital Long Term Care Facility in Garnett. She was united in marriage to Leroy George “Roy” Lutz on May 14, 1941,…

Ruth Luedke, 94, of Colony died Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012, at Anderson County Hospital. She was born in Chardon on May 27, 1917, the daughter of Norton and Emily (Gatlin) Finley. Ruth grew up in…

While Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Ron Paul and Rick Santorum  toil  in  the  side arena of election politics, President Barak Obama must focus much of his attention on the rest of the world. Sunday, in…

SILVER LAKE — Tough competition awaited Iola High’s Mustangs at last Saturday’s Silver Lake High Invitational wrestling tournament. No Mustang  came away with a medal but the team came away with experience. That experience against…

PARSONS — Iola Middle School’s eighth-grade A-team were shutout the first quarter but only trailed 19-15 at halftime Monday. Parsons Middle School’s Vikings went on to beat the visiting Ponies 44-35. “This was about as…