Iola High’s junior varsity softball team forged an 11-11 tie in six innings then lost 17-5 at home Tuesday. Parsons High’s Vikings pushed out to a 10-2 lead in the first game at Riverside Park.…

Allen Community College’s Red Devils broke out black uniforms with pink lettering and pink socks Tuesday. The Red Devil softball team won in the pink at home. The Red Devils improved to 10-16 in Jayhawk…

COFFEYVILLE — Capturing five of the top six spots individually, Iola High’s Mustangs dominated the Coffeyville junior varsity golf tournament Tuesday. The Mustang junior varsity won the team title with a combined 164 for the…

Power and more power. Allen County Community College baseball circa 1983 — the Red Devils had power hitters and power pitchers. They also had a very good defensive team. Put that together and you get…

Jeff Kluever gave a haunting view of the Civil War at Tuesday evening’s spring meeting of the Allen County Historical Society. The ACHS executive director used video clips and real artifacts from the war to…

Debbie Bearden likes nothing better than talking about the local farmers market — and there’s a lot to talk about this year. The market, sponsored by Allen County Farm Bureau and Thrive Allen County, starts…

Iola City Council members had one eye on the past Tuesday, and another on the future. While much of the focus on Tuesday’s strategic planning sessions was on economic development (see related story atop A1)…

Iola’s economic development plan should consider the city’s housing shortage and the wants and needs of existing businesses to stay competitive with other communities, a local banker told City Council members Tuesday. Jim Gilpin of…

One year after a double organ transplant, Delia Sanchez is finally beginning to get back to normal. A year ago today, the 30-year-old got a new lease on life when she received a kidney and…

Former Iolan Wanda J. Judah, 85, of Pittsburg, sister of Gerry Bain of Iola, died Saturday April 14, 2012, at a hospital in Joplin, Mo. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Trinity…