COLONY — Rogan Weir’s big night helped pave the way to victory for Crest High Friday. The Lancer senior — who was crowned 2024 Winter Homecoming King alongside Queen Brooklynn Jones — scored 15 points…

PARSONS — A dominating third quarter gave Allen Community College’s women just the lift they needed Saturday. The Red Devils turned a five-point halftime lead into a 55-31 advantage, courtesy of a 23-4 third-quarter run…

PARSONS — Allen Community College returned to the win column Saturday. Three Red Devils scored in double figures as Allen toppled host Labette, 54-52, to improve to 9-14 overall and 2-5 at the turnaround point…

Allen Community College wrapped up its first series of the 2024 season with a split Friday. The Red Devils once again emptied their bench — fulfilling head coach Clint Stoy’s desire to get as many…

The Iola Public Library is looking to turn a little-used asset into a gift for the community. Just out the library’s back door is the Flewharty-Powell Annex, the home of the late Nancy Flewharty and…

Even famous, powerful people face rejection.  “Rejection can be brutal,” Paul Stetler, founder of Letters Aloud, told a group of Iola and Moran high school students Friday morning. “It creates self-doubt, anxiety and emotional turmoil.…

Eugene Parsons, left, celebrated his 103rd birthday on Friday, Feb. 2, at Medicalodges in Iola. Parsons was joined by his niece Myrna Wildschuetz and her husband, Jim, right, and residents of the center. Family friend…

BRONSON — An Iola man died when his motorcycle collided with a deer on Friday evening near Bronson. Darin L. Harclerode, age 49, was driving a 1981 CB900 motorcycle at about 6:15 p.m. Friday, headed…

Anastasiya Miller moved 1,300 miles away to Tampa, Florida, from her hometown this past year. “I was excited,” Miller said. “I knew that I wanted to move out of Oklahoma. I had lived in Colorado…

Humboldt, Marmaton Valley and Crest high schools crowned their respective winter homecoming courts Friday evening. Humboldt’s Nathan Swogar and Emma B’Hymer received the honors.