Month: May 2025

Pastor Chase Riebel taught from Acts and Titus about Jesus’ instructions to teach. Paul left Titus on the island of Crete to teach. Knowing the truth keeps believers from being deceived by false teachings. How…

Dewitt Lew “D.L.” Hart, age 94, passed away peacefully on April 23, 2025, in Gilbert, Ariz. Born on June 22, 1930, in Iola, D.L. lived a long and vibrant life marked by adventure, hospitality, and…

HUMBOLDT — The Humboldt High School journalism program has won its 15th consecutive Kansas Scholastic Press Association Class 3A state journalism championship. The Cubs took the top spot this year with 86 points, followed by…

Arkansas’ grocery sales tax will end on Jan. 1. The same is true in Illinois. In Kansas and Oklahoma, shoppers stopped having to pay a state sales tax on groceries in January and August, respectively.…

Four chickens snack on a treat of dried mealworms, which Katie Hitt shakes into the run of their coop from a red plastic cup. These chickens have lived in Hitt’s backyard in St. Louis since…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve will likely keep its key short-term interest rate unchanged on Wednesday, despite weeks of harsh criticism and demands from President Donald Trump that the Fed reduce borrowing costs. After…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Pushing forward with its mass deportation agenda, President Donald Trump’s administration said Monday that it would pay $1,000 to immigrants who are in the United States illegally and return to their home…

A group of Iola Middle School students gave an assist to Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary members Friday by replacing worn American flags on all of the veterans’ graves at Iola’s Highland Cemetery.

HUMBOLDT — With summer just around the corner and temperatures beginning to climb, Monarch Cement Company hosted a comprehensive seminar on heat workforce safety on April 30. Sponsored by the Kansas Athletic Trainers Society and…

Two Kansas City-based teams were in Iola Thursday morning to begin work on replacing the marquee, windows and doors on the old Iola movie theater on South Washington. The historic theater, built in 1931, is…