Some people go to bed at night wishing upon the stars painted on their ceilings. Not Clara Wicoff, the 2012 Kansas Sunflower Spelling Bee winner. She has words written on her bedroom ceiling.  “I have…

Iola firefighters will be outfitted head to toe in new personal gear thanks to a $56,587 Assistance to Firefighters grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The grant also contains money for three new state-of-the-art…

A quartet of Republican senators propose doing away with Medicare and enrolling the nation’s elderly in the for-profit insurance that covers federal employees and members of Congress. As imagined, the change would save trillions.  Money…

Just days after learning they received All-Southeast Kansas League basketball honors, Iola High seniors Kelsey Larson, Kendra Taiclet and Braden Larson were among those earning state postseason honors. The Topeka Capital-Journal and the Wichita Eagle…

Tucked away south of Elm Creek and just west of Washington Avenue is one of Ioa’s best-kept secrets, a recreational gem, if you will. A still-unnamed park area offers a serene area for picnickers, fisherman…

Visitors to this year’s Iola Area Chamber of Commerce Business EXPO will find a treasure trove of products and information about how to improve their homes, lawns and gardens. The event will unfold in the…

CHANUTE — A Kansas man was found guilty Monday of child pornography charges after pleading no contest in Neosho County District Court, according to a press release from the Attorney General’s office. Byron C. Johnson,…

A solid day’s worth of rain — about 2.79 inches in Iola — has southeast Kansas under a flood watch, according to the National Weather Service in Wichita. A couple more rounds of moderate to…

The National Weather Services issued a flood warning for southeast Kansas at about 10:40 a.m. today to remain in effect until 10:15 p.m. The Neosho River and Allen County will remain in a flood watch…

Martha Seaton, 90, of Iola died Saturday, March 17, 2012, at the Kansas Heart Hospital in Wichita. She was born Aug. 3, 1921, near Conway, Mo., the daughter of John Martin and Sarah Margie (Essary)…