To say motherhood was a surprise would have been an understatement for Ashley Yocham.Fresh out of high school, and still a teenager, Ashley wasn’t sure at the time what lay before her.Her original plans were…

At 17, Rebecca Maple had to gather the courage to tell her mother she was pregnant. This was 15 years ago; Maple was a senior at Iola High School. “My mother had always taught me…

Cancer does not discriminate. It creeps up and latches onto children and adults, women and men, health conscious bodies and kind-hearted souls.Roberta Ellis was 25 when she had her first encounter with skin cancer. Ellis,…

Payton Craft, 14, a freshman at Iola High School, was arrested Monday for allegedly possessing a handgun on school property.Iola Police Chief Jared Warner said it appeared there was no apparent untoward reason to prompt…

How can a slough, cut through the edge of several lawns to a shelf of limestone, be a playground?In the 1100 block of Mulberry Street in Humboldt was one — and still is, reports Jan…

It’s not that I need a designated day to think of my mother, but I admit Mother’s Day directs my thoughts more her way than usual. I’m getting to the age where I resemble my…

UNIONTOWN — Humboldt High’s baseball team earned two more wins on Thursday, coming on the road against Uniontown.“We picked up two more wins tonight which is important as we prepare for regionals,” coach Mike Miller…

Way back during the 1964-65 high school sports seasons, Wilfred Lehmann, Le Roy, registered to become a referee. 50 years later, Willie — as his friends call him — is still going strong. Lehmann, 72,…

The Iola square will be bustling with energy Saturday morning as the first Iola Market Day launches.Downtown merchants will set up products outside their stores to bring attention to local businesses in the heart of…

A day filled with like-minded individuals intent on finding ways to serve others kept a trio of local Kiwanians busy during a recent trip to Washington, D.C.Iola Kiwanis President Chris Stevens and Kiwanians Mike and…