As USD 257 board members prepare to open the doors on a new science building in the coming weeks, they’re also considering how to close the doors on the three elementary schools. Board members heard…

Work will begin soon to extend the MoPac Trail to the new Iola Elementary School site on the east edge of town. Iola City Council members formally accepted Monday a $142,449 Kansas Department of Wildlife…

Allen County’s workforce will be under the microscope in the coming days. Thrive Allen County’s Jonathan Goering discussed Monday with Iola City Council members a planned labor study. “Allen County has long needed a detailed…

A crew from Jayhawk Lumber of Chanute installs new doors at the Iola Public Library on Tuesday.

I remember the first time I saw a wind turbine. I had just come driving out of a canyon in Utah and into an open valley. There stood three massive, languidly rotating harbingers of the…

From his Kansas City hospital bed, 42-year-old Ben Anderson, of Cameron, Missouri, had a message for those who, like him, have for whatever reason not yet gotten the COVID-19 vaccine: “These nurses, doctors, are overwhelmed.…

A fund drive has been set up to help the family of Madison Wilson of Humboldt, who was critically injured in a traffic accident Monday. Wilson was the passenger in a car that careened off…

     Norma Jean McCulley-Black, age 87, of Iola, died Friday, Aug. 20, 2021, at home.       Norma was born Sept. 17, 1933, in Vilus, the daughter of Ira Verne and Julia (Palmer) Wilson.…

Franklin Marion Ramsey, Sr., age 74, of Bronson, passed away Aug. 21, 2021, at Olathe Medical Center, Olathe. Frank was born Oct. 3, 1946, in Harper, to Earl E. Ramsey and Eva (Wise) Ramsey.  Frank…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — People who oppose mask requirements or restrictions on public gatherings imposed by Kansas counties can challenge them in court and obtain a ruling within 10 days — at least for now…