The importance of giving was highlighted Thursday at the Allen Community College endowment scholarship luncheon. Scholarship donors and scholarship recipients visited over lunch.Iolan Mary Kay Heard was the keynote speaker at the banquet. Heard came…

Iola property owners had a pleasant surprise when tax statements arrived this week.Levies, and tax bills, were lower than a year ago, mainly because of additional state aid for school districts’ local option budgets.When the…

Iola City Council members will discuss Monday whether to approve hikes in the city’s water and wastewater rates.A brief history:Water rates were increased when the city opened its new water plant in 2005, which proved…

In a roll call of the coolest parents, Josh and Jessa Works, the new managers at Humboldt’s Works of Art Studio & Gallery and the adjacent Frame Shop, have to rank near the top. The…

Iola Middle School’s eighth-grade girls basketball teams each lost to Fort Scott Thursday night, while the seventh grade teams each earned wins.The eighth-grade A-Team fell, 29-15. “We came out a little slow,” coach Marty Taylor…

Iola pales in comparison to cities within a drive of two hours or less, both in population and availability of things to do.But there is an appeal, two Allen Community College basketball players told the…

To the editor:I continue to hear this recurring cry for change.This crying is not for change. You want everything to stay exactly the same. The same increases in taxes, spending, building new things, keeping people…

The email message began: Over the next few days, anyone who follows politics is going to be inundated with all sorts of opinions and beliefs about what happened this election, why it happened, and what…

Vance Mark Raney, 59, Wichita, died Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2014, in Wichita.Vance was born Dec. 3, 1954, in Iola, the son of V.M. “Bud” and Phyllis C. (Butler) Raney. He graduated from Iola High School…

Dannette Newland, Iola, and Brent Cleaver, Iola, are happy to announce their engagement to be married. The couple will join in marriage June 20, 2015, at Wesley United Methodist Church.Dannette is the daughter of Mark…