Team and individual photos for players competing in the Iola Recreation Department summer baseball, softball and T-Ball leagues will be taken starting Monday.Teams will gather for players to have individual photos taken by David Hopkins…

The Iola AA American Legion’s baseball season has already started and the team is looking good through its first four games.Right now, Post 15 sits with a 3-1 record. On Tuesday, the Iola Indians split…

Kayden Riley Clubine was born May 11, 2015 in Lake Jackson, Texas to parents Ben and Kari Clubine, Lake Jackson.Kayden weighed 7 pounds and 14 ounces and was 20 inches long.She is the granddaughter of…

Ann Marie Powell, Iola, and Brandon Alexander Eckly, Farmington, N.M., announce their engagement to be married. The couple will be united in marriage on June 20, 2015, at Shawnee Lake in Topeka.Ann is the daughter…

Funeral service for James “Jim” Clarence Prentice, 85, Lawrence, will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Calvary Temple Assembly of God, Lawrence. Burial will follow at 3:30 p.m. at Highland Cemetery, Iola. He died Wednesday,…

As the mother of two young children, ages 2 and 3, Kristi Rodriguez is well aware of the challenges facing kids, and their parents.But getting to see the milestones — first words, first steps, learning…

When households are on a limited income, the grocery store can become a battleground. Often processed and frozen meals are a cheaper option than fresh produce or meats. This leaves families weighing their options: should…

Life’s physical absolutes are birth and death. You can’t have one without the other. What occurs in between is what matters most.The older I get, the more often I find a friend’s name in the…

Helen D. Compston, 88, Iola, passed away Tuesday, June 2, 2015, at Allen County Regional Hospital.Helen was born Dec. 29, 1926, in Lenapah, Okla., the daughter of Ansel and Fern (Schaub) Langworthy. She grew up…

Jim Smith hopes to introduce a forgotten part of yesteryear in these parts — rail travel — back to Iola.Smith has converted three second-floor rooms of the old Globe building, 2 S. Washington Ave., into…