Iola High’s junior varsity track athletes finished their 2012 season at home Monday. The Mustangs and Fillies competed in and hosted the annual IHS Junior Varsity Invitational. The meet featured junior varsity teams from larger…

Excellence in the classroom has become the norm for Iola High School’s Tyler Shelby. But Shelby, one of 83 IHS seniors who will graduate from high school Sunday, isn’t in for the recognition, even though…

Bryan Miller attributes his classroom acumen to a few essential ingredients — hard work, attention to detail, and perhaps most importantly, staying involved outside class. “It just seemed like the more I was involved with…

The morning’s storms gave way to a glorious afternoon to celebrate the ground-breaking of a new Allen County Hospital Monday. About 150 gathered at the site on North Kentucky Street to listen to an hour’s…

Petitions seeking recall elections to remove Ken Rowe and Kendall Callahan from the Iola City Council were found valid and will be circulated by Iolans for Good Government. The petitions were handed to Allen County…

Roger Welch, 54, rural Moran, was placed on diversion from a charge of misdemeanor battery in the Dec. 22 shooting of Zeffrey Doolittle, then 17 and today 18. Welch shot Doolittle in the back with…

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Kansas has scored another top ranking. Its congressional delegation has been declared the most conservative of them all. The National Journal did the ranking. Using a 100-point scale, it gave the four Kansas members of…

PARSONS — Staying in the running for the 2012 Southeast Kansas League championship, Iola High’s Mustangs picked up two run-rule victories over Parsons High’s Vikings Friday. The Mustangs won 11-0 in five innings and 14-3…

LIBERAL — Today’s Region VI Super Regional final hosted by Seward County Community College is an all Jayhawk Eastern Division final. Allen Community College’s Red Devils, 2-1 in the super regional, plays Coffeyville Community College’s…