Iola High senior Jake Skahan committed to play college football at the University of Saint Mary beginning next fall. The inevitable loss of the graduating senior will be a big hit to Iola’s football program.…

EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The gunman who killed three students and wounded five at Michigan State University was a 43-year-old with a previous gun violation who fatally shot himself after an hourslong manhunt that…

Iolan Sandra Sue Knoblich, 76, died Sunday, Feb. 12, 2023, at Allen County Regional Hospital, Iola.  Sue was born Dec. 17, 1946, in Iola, to Cleone M. (Zerba) Ott.  Sue and Kenneth Knoblich were married…

On Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023, Anthony E. Torres, a beloved son and brother passed away peacefully with family by his side. Anthony was born on Aug. 7, 1985 to Eddie and Kathy Torres in Emporia.…

The Allen Community College baseball team hosted Northeast for a pair of doubleheaders this past weekend.  The Red Devils (2-6) lost three out of four games but the game they won was an impressive 5-0…

Over their lifetimes, children grow and become more competent in building their skills in thinking, learning, emotions, and physical development. Dance has the potential to help families and those caring for young children to grow…

Free agency has come to college basketball with the NCAA’s determination that transfers need not sit out a year before playing. That has given programs with holes to fill access to players to fill those…

In 1957, during the frosty years of the Cold War, Ike and Canadian Prime Minister John Diefenbaker established the North American Air Defense Command in anticipation of defending the continent from Soviet long-range bombers —…

Iola officials are throwing their support behind an effort to see the old Elks Lake property developed into a new state park. Mayor Steve French read aloud a proclamation at Monday’s City Council meeting supporting…

Iola City Council members are supportive of a local businessman’s efforts to install an electric vehicle charging station downtown, but they have a few questions about the specifics of the plan. Paul Porter, who owns…