The national tour of “Ring of Fire — The Music of Johnny Cash” will make its way to the Bowlus Fine Arts stage at 7:30 p.m. Saturday. The musical features a company of performers that…

“It’s a shame Congress isn’t doing what it’s there to do,” Dan Dellinger said here Monday morning.Dellinger, from Vienna, Va.., is national commander of the American Legion. He was at Iola American Legion Post 15…

Young people think they are invulnerable, immune to the ills — social and physical — that befall their elders.They take risks when they shouldn’t. They respond when you’d like to think they wouldn’t.An event that…

Harold D. Thexton, 61, Colony, passed away Saturday, Oct. 19, 2013, at Kansas City Hospice House in Kansas City, Mo.Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m., Saturday at the Feuerborn Family Funeral Home in Colony.…

Steven “Big Steve” Burt, 62, Hepler, passed away on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2013, in Via Christi Hospital, Pittsburg. Steven was born July 12, 1951 at Herman, Mo., a son of William “Bill” and Maxine (Greer)…

Warren Regan Park, first born of Aubrey Glen “Cub” and Jessie Lou Swart Park, was born May 4, 1948 in Colby, and passed away on Friday, Oct. 11, 2013, at the Sky Ridge Medical Center,…

PAOLA — The Iola Soccer Club is nearing the end of a staggeringly successful inauguration into the Paola Fall Soccer League Saturday.Iola featured teams in three age groups, and is in first place in all…

SEDAN — Humboldt High’s volleyball team continued to thrive in its frantic final week of the 2013 regular season.The Lady Cubs picked up two more wins in a triangular match Monday at Sedan.Humboldt knocked off…

Iola High’s junior varsity football team capped its 2013 season on a high note Monday, taking advantage of six Chanute turnovers and a pair of long touchdown runs.The Mustangs’ 21-6 victory, in perhaps the final…

A group of Iola High tennis players took community service literally this week.The Fillies tennis team tested their marksmanship with their serves as part of a fundraiser to benefit a high school coach in Indiana…