IOLA MUNICIPAL COURT Judge Patti Boyd Convicted as follows with fines assessed: Debbie J. Griggs, Humboldt, no seat belt, $30 Christopher S. Keidel, Humboldt, no seat belt, $30 Nathan A. Patton, Iola, theft by deception…

Colleges are moving finals online. Offices are putting reopening plans on pause. Cities are instituting mask mandates. Exactly one year after the United States kicked off its vaccination campaign against COVID-19, cases are surging once…

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Capitol rioter who attacked police officers working to hold back the angry pro-Trump mob on Jan. 6 was sentenced Friday to more than five years behind bars, the most so far…

Today is a deadline many thought they would never come.  The recycling program managed by Iola Rotary Club for more than 25 years in one form or another is ending.  That means that tons of…

LA CYGNE — Iola High School’s boys came less than a minute from an upset of Prairie View, but a late free throw clinched a win for the Buffalos. Iola lost 40-39. Both teams came…

LA CYGNE — Iola High School’s girls basketball team was locked in a tight battle with Prairie View for much of Thursday night but fell away late against the Buffalos 39-27. Iola was without two…

INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Travis Kelce, Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs have faced their share of challenges this season. The two-time defending AFC champions are peaking at the right time for another playoff…

Ask questions, and listen. It may sound simple, but it’s actually a very difficult thing to do. Michael Ashford, a Colorado resident with family ties in Iola, started a podcast in the summer of 2020…

Allen Community College women’s soccer head coach Jeremy McGinnis is the most successful coach in the program’s history.  McGinnis was voted the KJCCC Women’s soccer coach of the year this season, an award voted on…

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Adrian Martinez is heading to Kansas State from Nebraska. The four-year starting quarterback for the Cornhuskers announced Thursday night on Twitter that he would transfer to K-State. He is immediately eligible.…