Iola Middle School’s seventh- and eighth-graders opened their summer football camp this week at the school’s practice grounds. Here, the students practice lining up on offense.

BRANSON, Mo. — The Iola Lady Lightning, a 10-and-under traveling softball team, brought home ninth place over the weekend at the USAAA National Tournament in Branson, competing against teams from Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri and Louisiana.…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Bobby Witt Jr. had his first career four-hit game along with three RBIs to help the Kansas City Royals beat the Detroit Tigers 7-3 Monday night for a doubleheader sweep.…

School starts in about a month. That fact alone might raise the anxiety level of most students, parents and teachers. For those in USD 257, it’s even more daunting. There’s just a handful of weeks…

Dear editor, I was reading about Iola’s old electric park in which it had carnival-type rides, boats and games.  The time seems right to bring that back to Iola. We have an uptick of people…

Little League KwiKom Communications 12, Iola Masonic Lodge 4. Hits for KwiKom: Caden Coltrane, d; Matthew Stockebrand, s; Austin Crooks, s, d, HR; Keegan Hill, s; Brock Michael, d; Kale Pratt, 2 s, d; Jakolby…

Iola’s 2023 budget took center stage Monday as Iola City Council members continue to debate what could be one of the city’s largest property tax hikes in recent memory. As is, the budget’s general fund…

LONDON (AP) — Four-time Olympic champion Mo Farah says he was illegally brought to the U.K. as a young boy and forced to care for other children before he escaped a life of servitude through…

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) — Whether it’s on Friday or Sunday, Tiger Woods will cross over the Swilcan Bridge for the final time in the British Open at St. Andrews. He just doesn’t know if…

Iola City Council members said thanks, but no thanks, once again to a potential solar farm to supplement the city’s energy portfolio. Council members voted, 5-3, to reject overtures from Priority Power and POW Solar…