After opening the season on a tear, the Iola High School Tennis Team experienced its first taste of adversity while stepping up to face a few larger schools at the Chanute Invitational.  The Mustangs took…

After six years without a show, the Sunflower Quilters Guild will have quilts galore at this weekend’s show in Riverside Park. Judy McGraw of Iola is the show’s featured quilter. Truth be told, McGraw has…

KwiKom is drastically reducing its Iola workforce. Over 30 employees from the company’s construction crews were laid off last week. The move comes as KwiKom adjusts to a new merger between its parent company, WANRack,…

Allen Community College is saying thanks, but no thanks, to a piece of state funding that carried quite a poison pill. College trustees were unanimous Tuesday in rejecting what would have amounted to more than…

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said he would pause higher reciprocal tariffs for 90 days on dozens of trade partners, while raising duties on China to 125%. The president’s about-face comes roughly 13 hours after…

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — More than 113 people were killed and some 155 others were injured when the roof of a nightclub in the Dominican Republic collapsed, the national disaster relief agency said on Wednesday.…

United Launch Alliance has not had a rocket lift off since last fall, but its first one of 2025 is set to open the gates for dozens planned to proliferate Amazon’s internet satellite constellation Project…

Trees provide many benefits to the environment and our health and well-being. These long-lived members of our landscapes and communities provide shade, help reduce energy costs, clean the air we breathe, prevent soil erosion and…

Judith Peery, age 84, formerly of Kincaid, Kansas, passed away Sunday, April 6, 2025, at Via Christi Village, in Pittsburg, Kansas. Judith E. Blagg was born Sept. 23, 1940, in Garnett, the daughter of Marvin…

Annetta J. “Netta” Reed, 72, of Moran, Kansas, passed away peacefully at her home Sunday, April 6, 2025. She was born Sept. 1, 1952 to Walter J. “Walt” and Iva J. Stotler (Zornes). She was…