Month: December 2019

Kristie (Wayne) Smith, age 52, went to her heavenly home on Sunday, Dec. 15, 2019. She lost her bout with cancer after almost eight years, fighting all the way. She wanted to live in the…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) —  A man  who may have been dreaming of a “green” Christmas found himself inside the gray walls of a Tennessee jail. According to court documents, state police caught Somphone Temmeraj, 57,…

Several topics were discussed at Thursday’s Iola Amateur Radio Club meeting. After hearing from a committee studying the benefits of solar power, members agreed to change its repeater to a solar-powered device sometime next spring…

BURLINGTON — The Iola Mustangs entered Tuesday’s Pioneer League matchup ranked ninth in class 4A. With recognition comes expectations, and the Mustangs failed to live up to their standard.  A game based on physicality saw…

BURLINGTON ? Despite another gritty performance, the Iola Fillies came up short once more in Tuesday?s contest against Burlington.  Iola inched the Wildcat deficit down to one in the fourth quarter with five minutes remaining,…

ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Football rules the athletic landscape at Georgia. It would take a superhero to swipe away some of that attention. Enter the Ant Man. Stopping off in Athens for a one-season layover…

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Domantas Sabonis scored 26 points and Malcolm Brogdon made a tiebreaking reverse layup with 36.4 seconds left Tuesday night to give the Indiana Pacers a 105-102 victory over Los Angeles, snapping the…

NEW YORK — A scout who spent time last season following the Astros around, trying to figure out how to beat Gerrit Cole offered up one thought that the right-hander could struggle when he puts…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Chiefs made a move to add to their defense Monday. Veteran pass rusher Terrell Suggs, who was waived by the Arizona Cardinals last week, was claimed by the Chiefs, a…

This is the third in a series of articles about USD 257?s Career and Technical Education program. Iola High School senior Casen Barker picked through an assortment of wires of varying lengths. Green, red, yellow. …