On a night when Iola High School celebrated a storied team from its past, the 2025-26 basketball teams showed there’s plenty to cheer in present day as well. Members of the IHS girls 2006 state…

Three area players will play under Crest coach Nick McAnulty this summer for the Kansas Eight-Man Football All-Star game in Beloit. Marmaton Valley seniors quarterback/defensive back Tyler Lord and receiver/defensive back Todd Stevenson and Crest…

CHERRYVALE — The Humboldt Cubs ended Thursday’s triangular with a few fireworks as freshman Bentley Kolb, 215 lbs., picked up his first win. After opening their dual against Three Rivers League rival Cherryvale empty-handed due…

HUMBOLDT — The Humboldt Middle School Lady Cubs picked up a win while hosting Tri-Valley League foe Eureka Thursday in their first contest back from Christmas break. The Lady Cubs A-Team started off on the…

HUMBOLDT — The Humboldt Middle School Cubs opened 2026 with a sweep of Three Rivers League foe Eureka while hosting the Tornados Thursday night. The Humboldt A-team won 43-33, the B-Team won 31-17 and the…

The Iola Mustangs came up short in their Thursday home opener but not by much. Free throws made all the difference in the eighth-grade game, allowing the defending Pioneer League champion Burlington Wildcats to win…

If President Donald Trump is going to be restrained from trying to take over half the world over the next few years, it will take pushback from Republicans like Sens. Josh Hawley of Missouri and…

Dear editor, In all the years I have been on this earth, I never thought this country would be where it is now. The year 1968 comes close. Cities burning down and the assassinations of…

On Aug. 1, 2007, the Interstate 35W bridge spanning the Mississippi River in Minneapolis collapsed into the water during rush hour. Thirteen people died, and dozens more were injured. In the immediate aftermath, the president,…

Iola’s newly seated City Council members will hit the ground running once they’re sworn in Monday. Newcomers Doug Kerr and Jeremiah Ivy will be joined by Mark Peters — who previously served on the Council…