INDEPENDENCE — Iola High’s tennis players battled the elements as well as their opponents Friday at the Class 4A Regional Tournament.With north winds upward of 30 mph blowing steadily, the Mustangs went 1-3 in their…

Area farmers are looking at some long, hard days whenever fields get dry enough to plant corn.Corn planting hereabouts usually starts in late March and is completed by mid-April, but this spring’s wet, cold weather…

Iola High senior Jordan Strickler thinks highly about the small-town feel of his hometown, and he hopes to bring those values out into the world.“Iola was the perfect place for me to grow up,” Strickler…

Valedictorian Jason Tidd describes leaving high school in one word: “bittersweet.” “While I’m ready to start a new chapter, I’m going to miss a lot of things about high school,” Tidd said, especially the personalized…

Elijah Grover made the decision last summer to stay in Iola to complete his senior year at Iola High School while his parents, David and Jodi, and two younger brothers, Isaiah and Micah, moved west…

For the past four years someone from the Heffern family has been valedictorian at Iola High School. Eric Heffern, a senior at IHS, will make it a five-year run. Quite the family record.Both of Eric’s…

Year after year Iola High is awash with dramatic talent. This year is no exception.The Bowlus Fine Arts Center gives the kids a leg up. Environment has a very definite role in molding the young,…

Though it seems at odds, a funeral is an affirmation of life. Three generations have gathered for my dad’s funeral today. Proof that he lives on.The last big draw was brother Angelo’s wedding in September.…

Patricia “Patty” Lucile (Stockebrand) Taylor, 85, rural Yates Center, died May 1, 2013.Visitation is from 7 to 8 p.m. Monday at Campbell Funeral Home, Yates Center. Services are at 10 a.m. Tuesday at United Methodist…

Evret Charles Lord was born March 13, 2013, in Sheffield, England.He is the son of Jessica and Dr. Charles Eric Lord, Sheffield.He weighed 8 pounds and was 19 inches long.Jamie Mosbrucker, Iola, and Julie Dillman,…