Iola Middle School student James Hunt participated Friday in All-State Middle School Level Choir Friday at the Century II Concert Hall in Wichita. He was one of 160 students from across the state — out…

A pair of local charities received a boost recently from the  Iola Masonic Lodge No. 38. The Iola lodge donated $400 to the Wings of Warriors Cancer Foundation, which provides assistance in the form of…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A second Kansas City worker has died from injuries after a trash truck crashed and caught fire, police said.  The crash happened Tuesday morning as the trash truck tried to…

Joyce was born in Elsmore, on Aug. 16, 1928. She was the only daughter of James G. and Pearl Marie (Shelton) Ard. She passed away at 2:22 a.m on Monday, Feb. 28, 2022, at the…

Rodger Dale Holland, 67, of Iola passed away on Monday, Feb. 28, 2022. Rodger was born on July 20, 1954, in Iola, the son of Roy and Lola Mae (Johnson) Holland.  Rodger was a lifelong…

Dear Carolyn: My wife and I have a beach house. When we bought it 12 years ago, we established one firm rule — no one could use it when we’re not there. And we’re very…

NEW YORK — U.S. oil giant ExxonMobil Tuesday said it will discontinue its current operations in Russia over that country’s invasion of Ukraine. “We deplore Russia’s military action that violates the territorial integrity of Ukraine…

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine entered its sixth day on Tuesday, with a huge convoy of Russian tanks and armored vehicles on a road to the capital, Kyiv, and fighting intensifying there and in other big…

For all of Iola High’s offensive struggles Monday, their defensive intensity had given the Mustangs a chance. Iola trailed by 10 midway through the third quarter, when a free throw by Josie Plumlee, a 3-pointer…

There’s something to be said about being able to win a game by double digits, never really being threatened in the second half, and still not being particularly happy about it. Such is the case…