Iola and USD 257 voters said “No, No” at the polls Tuesday. Voters resoundingly rejected a proposed $50 million school bond referendum that would have paid for new elementary and high schools at the north…

After finishing first in the Jayhawk East Conference and second in Region VI, Allen Community College’s men’s cross country team is heading to the NJCAA Championship in Lubbock, Texas, Saturday. Also going to the meet…

Do you know why an opossum plays dead? The Rev. Dr. Jim Stigall does. Stigall, a storyteller from Ottawa, told Iola students tales of silly frogs and jealous bones.Stigall is the Storyteller in Residence for…

MORAN — Murder, intrigue and more than a few chuckles are the order of the evening for Marmaton Valley High School’s annual dessert theater production, “Murder Me, Murder Me Not.”The curtain rises at 7 p.m.…

MORAN — Shane Smith soon may have another high-tech advantage as Moran’s chief of police.Smith told city councilmen Monday evening his department received a $1,123 grant from Kansas Department of Transportation for participating in its…

Ronald “R.J.” West, Jr., 54, Iola, died Sunday, Nov. 2, 2014, at his home.R.J. was born Nov. 24, 1959, in Bellingham, Wash., the son of Ronald J. and Donnalee (Dux) West Sr.The family lived in…

Marvin “Gene” Dickerson, 86, Bronson, died Sunday, Nov. 2, 2014, at Moran Manor. He was born Aug. 6, 1928, in Fort Scott, the son of Archie White Dickerson and Ora Ethel Edgel Dickerson. He worked…

Dorotha M. Glidden, 86, a former resident of Fort Scott, and more recently of Gladewater, Texas, passed away Monday, Oct. 13, 2014, at her home in Gladewater. Dorotha was born Oct. 18, 1927, in Blue…

Former Iolan Henry L. Bumgardner died at his home in Arizona on Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2014.Bumgardner was born May 15, 1919, in Arkansas City, to Henry E. and Ruth (Beery) Bumgardner. He was the second…

Former State Representative Denny Apt, Iola, died Monday, Nov. 3, 2014, at her home.Apt, 84, was appointed to the Kansas House of Representatives in 1981 and served an additional three terms up until 1988.She was…