Why did the chicken cross the road? Perhaps to move inside of Iola’s city limits. Support for allowing the ownership of chickens in town was on full display at Monday evening’s council meeting.  “By a…

Two wildfires north of Manhattan are largely contained after burning thousands of acres, forcing road closures and evacuation notices. At least one home has been destroyed by the fires, but according to the Kansas Forest…

WICHITA, Kansas — Just a few days after this school year started, Dave Clark, then athletic director at Wichita West High School, was standing in a hallway when a fight broke out. A school security…

Shirley Ball, age 93, peacefully passed away on Thursday, April 4, 2024.  She was surrounded by loved ones, at her home in El Dorado, Kansas. Shirley Mae Yocum was born in Moran on March 14,…

Iola school board members are so confident the Kansas Chiefs will win a third consecutive Super Bowl, they’re already planning to give everyone the next day off. OK, so the Chiefs may not win every…

Sunday evening we drove to the small town of Doniphan, Mo., a town of about 1,700 near the bootheel of Missouri, to watch the total solar eclipse.  I chose Doniphan because it had a riverside…

At Sunday’s service Howard Reiter gave the communion meditation titled “The Bus Driver,” based on 1 John 4: 7-12. A group of teenage evangelists traveling in England and Scotland used music as their ministry, unaware…

With Earth Day coming up on April 22, it is timely to be thinking about what you can do to make a difference. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reports that wasted food is responsible for…

In recognition of Poetry Month, a program for all ages highlighting the life and work of the black poet and social activist Langston Hughes will be at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Iola Public Library.…

PANAMA CITY (AP) — The trial of 27 people charged in connection with the worldwide “Panama Papers” money laundering started Monday in a Panamanian criminal court. Those on trial include the owners of the Mossack-Fonseca…