Due to a computer glitch, results from Thursday’s Independence Invitational Cross Country Meet were not immediately available. Iola sent three runners, Alejandro Escalante, Alyssa Williams and Samuel Sturgeon. The other runners are already at the…

MINNEOLA, Kansas — The wind farm business in Kansas has hit its awkward adolescence. It’s still growing 20 years in, but unsure what the near future might hold. If it wants to get through those…

INDEPENDENCE — Allen Community College faced off against Independence in a pivotal Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference conference volleyball matchup Wednesday, with the Red Devils pulling out a 3-1 win to move up the standings.…

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Firefighters and numerous studies credit intensive forest thinning projects with helping save communities like those recently threatened near Lake Tahoe in California and Nevada, but dissent from some environmental advocacy groups…

IOLA MUNICIPAL COURT Judge Patti Boyd Convicted as follows with fines assessed: Gregory B. Ard, Iola, expired tag, $195 Austin E. Bradley, LaHarpe, no insurance, no seat belt, $455 Frank R. Hannum, Iola, possession of…

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — To get a glimpse of the Southeastern Conference’s plan to dominate college football Saturdays, take a look at this weekend’s schedule. In Dallas, No. 6 Oklahoma and No. 21 Texas play…

MORAN — The season is winding down for Marmaton Valley Junior High’s volleyball season, with the Wildcat A team picking up another victory Thursday. Marmaton Valley prevailed, 25-15 and 25-20 over visiting Northeast. Jacee Mattox…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Buffalo Bills thought they were closing the gap with the Kansas City Chiefs last season, then they lost a pair of games to their old AFL nemesis, including the…

Michael Everett “Mike” Barnes, 63, passed away Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2021, at Allen County Regional Hospital in Iola.  Mike was born Jan. 22, 1958, to Ray Everett and Barbara Ann (Patterson) Barnes in Iola. He…

MORAN —  A gloomy second quarter did in Marmaton Valley Junior High’s football team Thursday. Visiting Northeast-Arma outscored the Wildcats 22-0 in the period to break open an 8-8 deadlock. The 60-32 defeat drops Marmaton…