Some call it a blowout, a creaming, a whomping, a good ol’ fashion butt-kicking or just simply a good win. Iola head coach David Daugharthy called Iola’s 43-19 win over Osawatomie on Friday an “exclamation…

After sweeping Cowley at home last weekend, the Allen Red Devils split on the road vs Kansas City Kansas Community College on Tuesday with the women winning their third in a row, 3-2, and the…

The Humboldt Middle School and High School cross country teams competed at Eureka on Saturday.  The middle-schoolers ran two-mile races while the high-schoolers ran 5Ks. For the seventh-grade boys Javyn Hess set a personal record…

The Iola Middle School cross country team competed at Eureka and while they were a little short-handed recording just one team score amongst the four races, they still had several individual standouts.  The seventh grade…

Under a cloak of secrecy Gov. Sam Brownback spent eight days in Israel last August. During his time there he met with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to purportedly discuss Israeli business opportunities in Kansas.…

Doris Eva (Bach) Lickteig, 78, Garnett, died Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2017, at Anderson County Hospital. Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Holy Angels Church, Garnett. Burial will follow in the…

Elaine L. Brown, 98, Iola, passed away on Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2017, at Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center, Chanute. She was born Sept. 30, 1919, in Emporia, the daughter of Fred Dewey and Ethel Marie…

For third-grade teacher Nichole Sigg, an experience teaching at a summer camp after her freshman year of college persuaded her to change her major to education. “I never thought about being a teacher,” she said.…

Pressed for a best-guess estimate, Kent Thompson thinks Kansas Supreme Court justices are thinking in terms of a $600 million increase in state aid to public education. The justices ruled Monday school finance was inadequate…

Homecoming Week has brought scores of colorful characters to Iola’s middle and high schools. Top from left, IMS seventh-grader Gage Scheibmeir is a Minion and Maci Miller is Batman during Super Hero Day. At left,…