We agree with Jacki, Rick and Barbara Rush, Iola, Kan. Ray and I both agree with Jacki Chase and a five-man council. Donna and Ray Houser, Iola, Kan. I disagree with Jacki!! Cheryl Specht,…

Japan is depending on the power of necessity to be the mother of the inventions it needs to solve its energy problem.  Today the last of its 50 usable nuclear reactors will be switched off,…

Gov. Sam Brownback backs reductions in the state income and sales tax. A new study by the Kansas Legislature’s Research Department estimates that his tax cuts would cause a budget shortfall of more than $700…

FORT SCOTT —  Yates Center High’s Nick Schemper was top medalist at Thursday’s Uniontown High Invitational varsity golf tournament. Schemper won by four strokes with an 80 for the 18-hole tournament. He was the only…

OSWEGO — Marmaton Valley High’s Wildcat boys worked an extra inning to win 6-5, then let a seven-run lead get away from them in the second game Thursday, losing 12-11 to host Oswego High’s Indians.…

CHERRYVALE —  Yates Center High’s girls claimed third, and the Wildcat boys were fifth at Thursday’s Cherryvale High Invitational track meet. It was the final regular-season track meet before the Tri-Valley League meet this week. …

HUMBOLDT — And the beat goes on. Humboldt High’s baseball and softball teams are marching to a different drummer than other teams this season. That was unfortunate for Thursday’s visiting Uniontown High Eagle squads. The…

Iola High’s Fillies and Mustangs overwhelmed the visiting Neodesha High’s softball and baseball teams Thursday The Fillies and Bluestreaks played a very quick game — there was only one contest scheduled. Iola took just three…

Zach Louk was a triple threat for Marmaton Valley High’s boys Thursday at the 2012 Crest High Invitational track meet. Louk won all three distance races and led the Wildcat boys to a fourth-place finish…

Find what moves you to passion. Not for the fame and fortune, but because you cannot not do it. Over the course of the next couple of weeks, Iola High and area schools graduate another…