Members of the Iola Middle School Intermediate Orchestra performs “Dragonhunter” during a concert Wednesday evening at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center. The concert featured middle and high school orchestra students, with a special performance from…

Butch Vest, age 74, passed away Sunday, Dec. 12, 2021, at St. John’s Medical Center in Tulsa.  Butch was born Aug. 26,1947, to Stanton P. Vest Sr. and Lorene (Willet) Vest in Iola. He attended…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas’ state health department has identified a potential case of COVID-19 caused by the omicron variant, Gov. Laura Kelly said Wednesday. Kelly told reporters after a public event that health officials…

One chapter ends and another begins as two Red Devil soccer players get ready to say goodbye to Allen Community College and move onto four-year schools. Andre Ireland will be playing his final two seasons…

HUMBOLDT — Two people are in custody following a 34-minute car chase Wednesday that started in Yates Center and ended in Humboldt. Kansas Highway Patrol spokesman Rick Wingate said James Waggoner, Erie, was driving a…

As the winds pummeled Iola Wednesday afternoon, city crews were out scouring the town for fallen limbs and debris and checking power lines. Though it’s part and parcel of a municipal service, it’s not to…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The first two meetings between Patrick Mahomes and Justin Herbert have come down to the final minute. With playoff positioning up for grabs, the same thing is expected tonight when the…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and Sen. Joe Manchin are said to be sharply divided over Democrats’ huge social and environment bill, with the holdout senator pushing to erase the measure’s improved child tax…

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Mercedes ended the dispute over the Formula One season finale today when it withdrew its appeal of the controversial finish that cost Lewis Hamilton a record eighth championship.…

The rules that until recently governed what college athletes may and may not do to earn money seemed absurd on their face. An Associated Press story out of West Virginia, for example, tells of a…