Find additional photos available for purchase here. The Mustang Mules stomped the competition on Monday evening at Iola High School in a fierce game of Donkey Basketball. The home team of USD 257 teachers and…

Dear Carolyn: My son and I are close, but my brilliant daughter has largely shut me out. She is 30 but, I believe, still nursing resentment over my divorce from her mother when she was…

County co-investment in a broadband grant application process was central to Tuesday’s commissioners meeting. KwiKom Communications of Iola is currently seeking the county’s assistance in a $2 million broadband project that will bring internet to…

TOPEKA — Republican leaders of the Kansas Legislature said a two-thirds majority of House members were committed to overriding Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto of a tax reduction bill but a supermajority hadn’t crystalized in the…

Iola crews took advantage of ideal weather conditions to burn seven piles of brush collected during the July 2023 storm. Low winds, clear skies and pleasant temperatures made Tuesday a good time to dispose of…

FREDONIA — Saturday was golden for Iola High’s Zoie Hesse and Humboldt High’s Taevyn Baylor. Each secured first place in their respective weight divisions at the Fredonia Invitational Wrestling Tournament. Hesse, wrestling at 170 pounds,…

CHANUTE — Iola’s boys and girls C team basketball squads faced some tough competition Monday at a tournament in Chanute. On the boys side, Iola dropped a pair of tough losses, falling 55-52 to Parsons…

Iola and Humboldt’s middle school basketball teams continued their hectic schedule over the weekend with both teams competing in Iola’s B team tournament on Saturday. Then on Monday, Iola hosted Prairie View, while Humboldt opened…

OSWEGO — The road was kind for Crest High’s basketball teams Friday as both the boys and girls squads picked up victories. In both instances, the Lancer squads took control early and never looked back.…

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — It would take some searching anywhere beyond the Flint Hills of central Kansas to find anybody who thought the Kansas State women’s basketball program would become a top-10 mainstay this season.…