WELLSVILLE — The Ponies boys basketball team continued its season on Saturday in a four-team tournament in Wellsville and finished the day with mixed results.“Bittersweet,” Iola coach Scott Ellis said of each Iola teams’ 1-1…

BURLINGTON — The Humboldt Cub wrestling program has been making strides every time it’s taken the mat this season and those strides continued on Saturday when the Cubs traveled to the 22-team Burlington Invitational.Cheyenne Harris…

The nation’s No. 8 team was able to flex its muscle on Saturday at the expense of the Allen Community College women’s basketball team.Hutchinson Community College topped Allen 89-57 in Iola.“They are a very, very…

The Allen Community College men’s team has proven this season that they can play with anyone, but Saturday’s 95-82 loss to Hutchinson Community College — the nation’s No. 2 ranked team — ended up just…

OMAHA — Thelma J. Martin died Jan. 1, 2017.She was born Oct. 7, 1938, in Kincaid to Velma and Dean Foster. She married her high school sweetheart, George B. Martin, on Feb. 10, 1957. He…

John Michael Rausch, 64, Chanute, passed away Friday, Jan. 6, 2017 at his home in Chanute. John was born on Aug. 25, 1952, in Chanute, the son of George John and Freida Nadine (Jones) Rausch.On…

Samuel T. Stump, 92, Blue Mound, died Saturday, Jan. 7, 2017, at Allen County Hospital.Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Blue Mound United Methodist Church. Burial will follow in Pleasant View Cemetery.…

Iola’s 891st Engineer Battalion of the Kansas National Guard presented the colors before Saturday’s Allen Community College men’s basketball game against Hutchinson. Pictured, from left to right, Sean Ryan, Chris Dunn, Michael Semrad and Caleb…

Monday evening Iola council members will discuss — perhaps decide — whether to move their meetings to the first and third Tuesday of each month. Larry Walden, who takes interest in public affairs as many…

Let’s talk a little bit about crime and punishment.   PART 1.  Earlier this week I read a book that documents the intriguing but gruesome story of how a town bully was gunned down on…