Iola photographer Jonathan Adams thinks Kansas is gorgeous.  He hopes others agree, and is organizing a photography exhibit this weekend to showcase the state’s “unexpected and underappreciated beauty.” “It’s kind of magical when you fall…

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Bubba Wallace was so comfortable cruising around Kansas Speedway on Sunday that he told his team over the radio in the closing laps that he didn’t want to know who…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Former Kansas City Chiefs assistant coach Britt Reid pleaded guilty Monday to felony driving while intoxicated resulting in serious physical injury stemming from a 2021 crash, which occurred when his…

Devoted wife, mother and grandmother, Cindy Kay (Sifers) Masters of Pittsburg, Kansas, departed this earth on the evening of Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022 at the age of 70.  Cindy was a graduate of Iola High…

WELLSVILLE — The Iola Mustangs had a tough go of it Friday, falling to the Wellsville Eagles, 48-7.  It wasn’t a pretty night for Iola (1-1) in any aspect of the game. The team allowed…

HUMBOLDT — It’s still just week two — not even a quarter into the 2022 football season — but Humboldt High’s Cubs delivered quite a statement Friday. The Cub defense put the clamps on a powerful…

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan election board placed an abortion-rights proposal on the fall ballot Friday, obeying an order from the state’s highest court and closing a record-breaking petition drive to try to amend…

Maude Ilene Burns, 90, Iola, died Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022, at Heartland Meadows, Iola.  Maude was born Sept. 10, 1931, in Hepler, to William D. (Dale) Stringer and Angie J. (Jewell) (Bruce) Stringer.  Maude married…

Robert Lewis Powell III, 37, Iola, passed away on Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022, at The University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City.  Rob, as he liked to be called, was born on Dec. 9,…

Steven L. West, 69, of Chanute, passed away surrounded by his family, Saturday, Sept. 3, 2022, at his home. Steve was born to Charles and Bernita (Kress) West on July 25, 1953, in Kansas City,…