A local group’s dreams of adding a splash park to downtown Iola have grown. The Community Involvement Task Force/PRIDE Committee is seeking the city’s blessing to add a small disc golf course at Meadowbrook Park.…

All A’s Fifth grade — Daniel Allee, Olivia Beaman, Kenna Bryant-Boone, Jaren Curl, Case Drake, Emily Heskett, Morgen Kinzer, Kinsley Vance and Kaiden Woods. Fourth grade — Layten Blevins, Tyler Borth, Douglas Dix, Chloe Henderson,…

Marmaton Valley High School students were among the more than 250 competitors from 10 other schools at the Allen Community College Math Relays March 9. Students competed in different math competitions and at different grade…

Shirley May (George) Tidd, 87, of Fort Collins, Colo., died Tuesday, March 21, 2023. Interment will be held privately at Fort Logan National Cemetery, Denver, Colo., where her husband Donald is also buried.  A memorial…

James “Jim” Wayne Sowers, 75, of Lenexa, died on Sunday, Feb. 26, 2023.  He was born on Nov. 15, 1947, in Ottawa, to Clare and Marion (Anderson) Sowers.  Jim married Chari on June 7, 1969.…

Mary L. (Chavez) Queckboerner, 74, passed away peacefully on Jan. 19, 2023, at her daughter’s home in Ocala, Fla. Our mother was born in Iola on Aug. 29, 1948, to Alberta and Jessie Chavez. She…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The CEO of TikTok faced a grilling Thursday from a U.S. congressional committee in a rare public appearance where made his own case for why the hugely popular video-sharing app shouldn’t be…

NEW YORK (AP) — Attempted book bans and restrictions at school and public libraries continue to surge, setting a record in 2022, according to a new report from the American Library Association released Thursday. More…

CHANUTE — A bout of recent fires, including one of a vacated house that already had been condemned, are under investigation. The Chanute Tribune said the Kansas Fire Marshal’s office is investigating a fire at…

A bill that would have broadened vaccine exemptions in day care, schools and workplaces in Kansas got rejected Thursday by a legislative committee. The Senate Public Health and Welfare Committee voted 3-4 against sending the…