That’s a lot of blue jeans, baby. The Iola High School tennis team’s blue jean drive last month resulted in 507 pairs of blue jean pants being donated to homeless teens throughout the country. Coach…

Wednesday is Sunny Shreeve’s last day with Thrive Allen County, where she has been project director since shortly after it was up and running four years ago. Shreeve will start work Thursday as director of…

Four people were arrested on drug charges Sunday night after Iola police conducted a search warrant at 209 S. Chestnut St. Carson Doty was arrested and charged with possession and distribution of illegal drugs, felony…

Jeanice Cress didn’t become a homebody when she retired several years ago as an Allen County Extension agent. Nor did Rita Sanders, who continues to teach piano and gets out and about. The two participated…

Add another one to the list. Heavy rain Friday leaked through the roof of Iola High’s gymnasium, forcing school personnel to add another building to the list of district properties needing repair.  A $420,000 re-roofing…

To avoid a repeat of last week’s power outage that put some residents of Iola and Gas in the dark for hours, Westar Energy won’t shut down its power supply to Iola during connection of…

Iola Middle School’s eighth-grade Ponies played two close games in Saturday’s IMS Winter Classic. They lost one and won one. The IMS eighth-grade A-team claimed third place in its division. They defeated Meadow View Middle…

Don’t underestimate the power of revenge. To open Jayhawk Eastern Division play in January, Allen County Community College’s Red Devils had three straight road games. They began the conference with a 78-60 loss at Kansas…

Everybody is aboard the bus. Allen County Community College’s Red Devil women have bought in and are on the bus with their head coach’s efforts to turn the program around. “It may get old hearing…

Phyllis Luedke of Colony caught these snowdrops in bloom Saturday morning in a neighbor’s yard. “I’ve also seen some crocus and daffodils popping through,” she said.