A body, believed to be that of a 12-year-old boy struck and killed by a train near Erie Wednesday, has been found. Neosho County Sheriff Greg Taylor announced Sunday that the body had been found…

Vada Lou (Hesler) Purcell of Piqua died Tuesday, June 17, 2025, at Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center in Chanute. She was born Sept. 26, 1941, to Claude and Helen (Kraft) Hesler. Vada married Leslie “Les”…

LAHARPE — It’s only a myth, Harry Lee Jr. said Saturday, that there were grooves in the highway left by his mother’s dragging fingernails when she reluctantly moved to LaHarpe from Kansas City in 1951.…

Doris Kathryn Ericson, 89, Hiattville, died Friday, June 20, 2025.  Doris was born June 21, 1935, in Wichita, the daughter of Ross Graham and Charlotte Brehm Graham.  She married Henry Ericson on Dec. 24, 1952,…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran launched missile attacks Monday on a U.S. military base in Qatar, retaliating for the American bombing of its nuclear sites and escalating tensions in the volatile region. U.S.…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Sunday called into question the future of Iran’s ruling theocracy after a surprise attack on three of the country’s nuclear sites, seemingly contradicting his administration’s earlier calls to…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United States inserted itself into Israel’s war against Iran by dropping 30,000-pound bombs on a uranium enrichment site early Sunday, raising urgent questions about what remains of Tehran’s…

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The U.S. military struck three sites in Iran early Sunday, directly joining Israel ’s war aimed at decapitating the country’s nuclear program in a risky gambit to weaken a longtime…

The Iola Seahorses hosted a triangular meet Wednesday evening at Iola Municipal Pool. The Seahorses competed against swimmers from Chanute and Humboldt.  With more than 77 events going into the late evening hours, area swimmers…

The Iola Post 15 19U Indians swept the Ottawa Post 60 Arrows 15-11 and 10-3 Thursday at ACC’s Alumni Field.  After opening Thursday’s doubleheader in an 8-0 deficit, the Indians eventually found their footing for…