With construction proceeding on the new Iola Elementary School, Iolans were given their first glimpse Monday of plans to extend the Missouri Pacific Trail to connect the school site to the rest of town. Iola…

 When President Joe Biden announced last week that the United States would withdraw its last troops from Afghanistan by Sept. 11, he cast the decision as closing the book on a 20-year conflict. “It’s time…

Whoa, baby … The beloved Baby Barn is getting some much-needed attention and care down at the Allen County fairgrounds. Jim Smith has been busy on the project for three weeks already, focused especially on…

The city will be alive with the sound of music Saturday as Iola Middle and High School band students take part in two tuneful fundraisers. Some of those notes, though, might not make your list…

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The jurors who sat quietly off-camera through three weeks of draining testimony in Derek Chauvin’s murder trial in George Floyd’s death moved into the spotlight today, still out of sight but now…

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s experimental helicopter Ingenuity rose into the thin air above the dusty red surface of Mars on Monday, achieving the first powered flight by an aircraft on another planet. The…

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Former Vice President Walter F. Mondale, a liberal icon who lost one of the most lopsided presidential elections after bluntly telling voters to expect a tax increase if he won, died Monday.…

Iola officials are hosting the public for an open house-style meeting to learn about options regarding extension of the Missouri Pacific Trail. The event runs from 6 to 7:30 at the John Silas Bass North…

Iola High School celebrated its prom on Saturday. A day filled with rainy weather cleared and the sun came out just in time for the Grand March. A large crowd turned out to see students…

WICHITA — A handful of local track and field athletes were tapped Friday to partake in one of the premiere competitions of the season, Wichita State University’s Prestate Challenge. There, the thin clads were pitted…