Steve French remembers answering the phone when he was a child. His parents ran the ambulance service out of Moran, and he would sometimes answer the telephone when calls came. He remembers a call concerning…

Kansas will stop contact tracing for COVID-19 next month because it is “futile” as confirmed cases increase and the public becomes less interested in participating, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment said Tuesday.  The…

MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota U.S Sen. Amy Klobuchar traveled with a bipartisan delegation of senators to Ukraine on Monday to show solidarity with the country as the threat of a Russian invasion looms. Klobuchar and six…

Gordon Conger, Iola area farmer and dairyman, was elected treasurer of the Kansas Soybean Association at the Kansas Soybean Expo in Topeka. About 450 people attended the expo, making it the largest soybean meeting ever…

Saturday’s volcanic eruption on a remote Pacific island reminds us of how powerful and whimsical nature is.  The underwater eruption was so vast it was easily seen in satellite photos from space. Ash and smoke…

One of my favorite parables describes the difference between heaven and hell. In both places, hungry people sit at tables laden with delicious food. In hell, people suffer and starve because they cannot eat with…

Cindy Lou Cullison, age 56, passed away Friday, Jan. 14, 2022, at Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center in Chanute.  Cindy was born April 5, 1965, in Iola, to Loren Eugene and Edith Ione (McCullough) Modlin.…

HUMBOLDT — Humboldt Middle School’s boys basketball fought hard and went 2-1 on Monday night against Cherryvale. The Cubs won the A game 23-20 and the B game 30-13, but lost in the two-quarter C…

Stewart Scott Trester, 61, Iola, died Thursday, Jan. 13, 2022, at KC Hospice House, Kansas City, Mo.  Stewart was born Oct. 8. 1960, in Iola, to John W. Trester and Verba L. (Wilson) Trester.  Stewart…

Recycling will be available Saturday morning from 8 to 11 at 401 N. State St., the site of the Allen County 911 center.  Paper, plastic, cardboard and glass will be accepted. Steve Strickler said he…