The Crest Lancers (16-5, 10-2) hope to hold their position against the raging Yates Center Wildcats, who enter Friday’s finale red hot on a win streak after a 47-45 win over Marais Des Cygnes Valley…

WELLSVILLE — The Iola Mustangs have one last game before Saturday’s Pioneer League Middle School Tournament. The Mustangs host Santa Fe Trail Thursday. The Iola Middle School eighth grade A-team won 48-22. The IMS seventh…

Crews will begin replacing water lines, perhaps as early as Thursday, to accompany a full rebuild of U.S. 54 through Iola. Workers began erecting barricades limiting eastbound 54 traffic (Madison Avenue) to a single lane…

Layla May Lynn Holle, age 6, of Iola, was born in Chanute Sept. 10, 2019, to  Andrew Holle and Alizyn Peters Holle.  Layla passed away Feb. 6, 2026, at Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City,…

Kent Douglas Uitts, 68, of Iola, died Friday, Feb. 13, 2026, at Olathe Medical Center. Doug was born Feb. 1, 1958, in Iola, Kansas, to Pauline W. (Uitts) Cole. He married Lori Gilbert on Sept.…

Randee Kay Yowell, 72, of Humboldt, died Sunday, Feb. 15, 2026, at Saint Luke’s East Hospital in Lee’s Summit, Mo. Randee was born Sept. 19, 1953, in Chanute, the daughter of E.L. “Mac” and Rogene…

LAWRENCE — Several area students were named to the University of Kansas fall 2025 honor roll. From Iola: Everett Glaze, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; Macie Hoag, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; Mariah…

CHANUTE — It’s time to bite the bullet and address the city’s outdated water and wastewater plants, Chanute City Manager Todd Newman told Chanute Commissioners last week.  “We have no choice. We’re lucky they’re still…

TOPEKA — A Kansas House committee offered bipartisan support for legislation authorizing a protest-petition option for taxpayers eager to block city or county property tax increases that pushed revenue more than 3% above the previous…

A Sedgwick County federal court jury recently awarded C.J. Lofton’s family $8.3 million in compensation for Lofton’s death at the hands of juvenile intake officers. They held Lofton facedown for more than 30 minutes, killing…