If it’s lucky, a successful business is known by its people.  In Allen County Farm Bureau’s case, that would be Debbie Bearden.   After almost 17 years, Bearden is leaving her position as its county…

Rookies Sports Bar and Grill will be closed for the foreseeable future as owners Carri and Mike Sailor survey the damage from a Friday evening fire. Iola Fire Department crews responded and were able to…

MARION — In an unprecedented raid Friday, local law enforcement seized computers, cellphones and reporting materials from the Marion County Record office, the newspaper’s reporters, and the publisher’s home. Eric Meyer, owner and publisher of…

Allen Community College kicked off its convocation Thursday morning by recognizing faculty and staff who have exceeded expectations.  Travis Robb, biological science instructor, and Frankie Chapman, administrative assistant to the athletic director, were among those…

Mary Kathrine Tush, age 59, of Iola, died on Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023, at St. Luke’s on the Plaza, Kansas City, Missouri.  She was born July 17, 1964, in Duluth, Minnesota, to Gene Becker, Sr.…

David Lynn Sherrill, age 91, of Iola, died on Monday, Aug. 7, 2023, at his residence.  He was born July 13, 1932, in Iola, to Ralph V. Sherrill and Bertha V. (Conover) Sherrill.  He married…

IOLA MUNICIPAL COURT Judge Patti Boyd Convicted as follows with fines assessed: Carl R. Hoggatt, Iola, theft, $315, probation Candice M. Kent, Neosho Falls, theft, $315, probation Isaac Lacerda Goncalvez, Iola, 45/35, $155 Marcelina A.…

Iola High head football coach David Daugharthy knows a thing or two about Iola football. The former Mustang heads into his seventh year as the head coach at Iola after spending three years as an…

NEW YORK (AP) — FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried was sent to jail Friday to await trial after a bail hearing for the fallen cryptocurrency wiz left a judge convinced that he had repeatedly tried to…

Arrests and citations On Aug. 7, Barbara Rush, 64, of Humboldt, was arrested on suspicion of disorderly conduct at the Allen County District Court. On Aug. 7, Clyde Hoggatt, 36, of Iola, was cited for…