GIRARD — For any team, knocking off the fourth-ranked  team in the state on the road is a big deal, but when the Iola Mustangs handed Girard a 60-53 loss to kickoff off the season…

GIRARD – The Iola Fillies and senior guard Sydney Wade certainly felt the pressure as they traveled to Girard and faced off with the third-ranked team in the state. And that was just how Girard…

Next Friday night downtown Iola will be a holiday delight. Horse-drawn carriage rides. Santa Claus. Carolers garbed in period clothing. Stores around the square open and all aglow. And what’s that delicious smell wafting on…

Fashion trends come and go, but Brent and Carla Capper have learned all too well that some things — particularly with jewelry — never go out of style. Especially at Christmas. For example, the Cappers…

TORONTO — In 2015, the actress Gwyneth Paltrow published a holiday gift guide on her trendy lifestyle website, Goop, that promoted, among its many items, a sort of flowing, plum-colored dreamcatcher that retailed for about…

What evolved into Tracy Keagle’s Santa Toy Shop began years ago when she baked cookies a few days before Christmas to give away. Husband Willie wasn’t too keen on helping with the project, but he’s…

Elmer Munsen, 93, Iola, passed away Thursday, Dec. 1, 2016, at Windsor Place in Iola.   Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at RiverTree Christian Church, 301 W. Miller Rd. in Iola. Burial…

Downtown Iola will die — over the collective body of the remaining downtown merchants. Their attitude? That fat lady has not even begun to warm up. “I’m still of the mind that better days lie…

Deer season opened Wednesday. Unlike years past, I wasn’t tucked away in a blind — albeit one that has sliding glass windows and a propane heater — before the first cock crowed. For 50 years…

MORAN — The Wildcats struggled to defend their home court on Tuesday as the Northeast Arma Middle School teams came to Moran and swept four games against the Marmaton Valley boys’ and girls’ teams.In the…