Marilyn Sue (Smoot) Leigh, 68, rural Humboldt, passed away on Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022. Marilyn Sue was born June 18, 1954, in Iola, to Albert Smoot and Mary (Ulrich) LaCrone. Marilyn Sue attended Gas City…

HUTCHINSON — Gov. Laura Kelly and Attorney General Derek Schmidt celebrated with rambunctious partisans at the campaign’s first debate Saturday while pointing to their own political accomplishments and heaping criticism on their main rivals in…

FORESTHILL, Calif. (AP) — Calmer weather in Northern California helped firefighters battle a smoky wildfire threatening thousands of mountain homes on Monday, while remnants of last week’s Pacific hurricane continued to produce thunderstorms that caused…

KHARKIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian troops retook a wide swath of territory from Russia on Monday, pushing all the way back to the northeastern border in some places, and claimed to have captured many Russian…

For as long as she can remember, Dr. Cyrena Hull wanted to be a veterinarian — she recalls how as a child she would pretend to hook up her stuffed animals to makeshift IVs. Hull…

Last spring my father-in-law purchased a handful of ewes to graze a pasture near his house. The pasture had not been grazed in a few years, and he liked the idea of having some animals…

Hit-and-run reported Haley R. Bauer told Iola police officers Aug. 27 she was stopped while northbound on Washington Avenue for the U.S. 54 stoplight when a motorist in a black car backed up and struck her…

Finding out that shrinkflation, adorkable, subvariant and even pumpkin spice are now officially in the dictionary might make you exclaim “Yeet!” ICYMI, those are five of the 370 words and phrases that Merriam-Webster added to…

Iola High School hosted a varsity volleyball invitational Saturday morning with various schools from around the area.  Riverton finished in first place followed by Paola and Parsons to round out the top three. Coming in…

The Iola Community Theatre appears to be experiencing a rebirth thanks to a handful of new faces.  This past weekend’s production of “Clue,” featured about 10 new cast and stage crew members. The play was…