Stephanie Herren, of LaHarpe, and her four children were the lucky winners of the CASA Family Swimming Basket at the recent Family Safety Night event. The basket includes a family pass to the Iola pool…

Ray’s Metal Depot USRA B-Mods 1. Tyler Kidwell, Chanute; 2. Ethan isaacs, Bonner Springs; 3. Jackson McGowen, Humboldt; 4. Travis Wolf, Fort Scott; 5. Tret Bailey, Buffalo; 6. Donald McIntosh, Chanute; 7. Patrick Lewis, Wellsville;…

As the Bowlus Fine Arts Center prepares to celebrate its 60th birthday this fall, director Dan Kays is looking even further into the future.  At a meeting with USD 257 board members last week, Kays…

Ham radio operators with the Iola Amateur Radio Club will participate in a national amateur radio exercise beginning at 1 p.m. Saturday, June 22, at Riverside Park. The nationwide event is organized by the National…

Iola is one step closer to having more housing options. Over the next week, the City of Iola will complete finishing touches to the Cedarbrook third addition project.  “The project went very well with the…

The Kansas City Royals took their lumps this past week against two of the best teams in baseball. That shouldn’t detract from their remarkable rise, which would be unprecedented if it results in a playoff…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dodgers shortstop Mookie Betts broke his left hand when he was hit by a pitch during the seventh inning of Sunday’s game against the Kansas City Royals. The former MVP and seven-time All-Star…

NEWTON, Iowa (AP) — Ryan Blaney had his concerns heading into the final laps Sunday night in the inaugural NASCAR Cup Series race at Iowa Speedway. The problem was he didn’t hear his crew chief’s…

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) — Standing at the edge of a bluff overlooking the Lamar River in Yellowstone National Park, TJ Ammond stared through binoculars at hundreds of buffalo dotting the verdant valley below.…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday struck down a Trump-era ban on bump stocks, the rapid-fire gun accessories used in the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, in a ruling that threw…