Iola Michael A. Folk, 38, died Sunday when the motorcycle he was riding crashed just east of Belvue. Folk was eastbound on U.S. 24 on a 1992 Harley Davidson, the Kansas Highway Patrol reported, when…

When I learned to drive a car with manual transmission, it wasn’t a big deal. Most cars on the road in the mid-1950s were outfitted with clutches and gears that had to be manually shifted.…

GAS — All the prep work behind opening Hammerson Ready Mix is done. A newly rebuilt concrete batch plant has been in place at the old 54 Drive-In complex for more than a month. Now,…

Stephen Gilpin had a secret he kept from his potential bosses. Gilpin was interviewing with publishers of Boys Life Magazine —  the national magazine of Boy Scouts of America — in an effort to land…

Street crews from SE-Kan Asphalt Services will begin mill and overlay several Iola streets on Monday. The following areas will be affected: — Melody Acres, including Cardinal Drive, Canary Lane and Canary Circle; — Carpenter…

Daniel Schowengerdt saw history being made Monday. He almost became part of another historic footnote — a  potentially violent one — that afternoon. The Iola attorney was in Washington, D.C., to assist with and watch…

HUMBOLDT — Mike Miller admits it may take a while for his Humboldt offense to hit high gear. While the Cubs racked up 21 hits in their home-opening doubleheader against Erie, “we couldn’t come up…

HUMBOLDT — After running roughshod over its Tri-Valley League opponents for the past few years, Humboldt High’s softball squad found itself in an unusual spot Thursday afternoon. The Lady Cubs fell behind in both games,…

Allen Community College baseball entered Thursday’s doubleheader with Neosho County Community College locked in a first place tie atop the Jayhawk Conference’s East Division. Tha’ts exactly where the team exited the day as well. Allen…

MORAN — For a high school freshman, your birthday is one of the highlights of the year. You can invite your friends to come celebrate. You get to pick whatever you want to do to…