Iola Middle School’s girls basketball team took on Wellsville Monday in its home opener. The seventh-grade junior varsity team lost 19-7. The seventh-grade varsity team lost 14-10. The eighth-grade team lost 40-6. The seventh-grade varsity…

It may be a few weeks before it looks a lot like Christmas, and Ann Lea is looking for help. Lea and daughter Chelsea are once again decorating Iola’s downtown business district for the holidays.…

Kansas Sen. Gene Suellentrop pleaded no contest Monday to the facts that he was more than legally drunk in the wee hours of March 16, 2021, and drove at excessive speeds on the wrong side…

ACC women’s soccer hosted Southeast in its final regular-season game. Allen dominated and won 4-0. Mirla Chavarria, Danielle Jeffcoat, Maci Beachler, and Chelsea Thurman scored goals for Allen. Beachler, Mia Evans, and Shelbie Purdom had…

 Country over party. With unflinching firmness, Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming has chosen to take her stand for democracy and the Constitution over the cult of Donald Trump that is now the Republican Party. For…

GALS-FCE and the Humboldt Chamber of Commerce will be holding a Halloween Trick or Treat drive-by from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Sunday.   Adults are asked to drive their children up through 5th grade through…

Jackie Jo Broyles, 65, Blue Mound, died Thursday, Oct. 21, 2021.   She was born in Belleville, Ill., the daughter of Jack Loyd and JoAnn Freer Collins. She graduated from Fort Scott High School.  Jackie…

Justin Lee Appleton, 47, Iola, died at his residence Thursday, Oct. 21, 2021. He was born April 30, 1974, in Riverside, N.C., to Warren C. Appleton and Cathleen King.  Justin and Dawn Hine were married…

Eldon Strickler, 76, Colony, died Monday, Oct. 25, 2021, at Glen Carr House, Derby.  Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 28, in The Venue at Feuerborn Family Funeral Service, 1883 U.S.…

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s government will accelerate its timeline by two to three years to completely eliminate illegal deforestation, Vice President Hamilton Mourão told foreign press reporters on Monday.  Mourão said the Brazilian…