Brenda (Scantlin) Lafferty, 76, of Humboldt, passed away Wednesday, April 22, 2026, at Arrowwood Lane in Humboldt, with her family present.  She was born Oct. 15, 1949, in Iola, to Donald Wayne and Velma Cleo…

CHANUTE — A pilot and his passenger escaped serious injury Thursday afternoon after their airplane crashed in a field about 2 miles north of Chanute near U.S. 169. The Kansas Highway Patrol reported John Von…

To the editor, Over the last six weeks, the price of gas in Kansas has increased from around $2.50 a gallon to $3.30 a gallon.  It is currently $3.60 here in Iola.   There is…

The soldiers didn’t need directions. They followed the bodies. In late April 1945, as troops from the 358th Infantry Regiment of the U.S. Army’s 90th Division pushed into the wooded hills of far eastern Bavaria,…

Charges requested An incident in the 1000 block of North State Street April 11 led to Iola police officers requesting Steven Barnes be charged with suspected fleeing and eluding police officers, reckless driving, violating basic…

“You’ve got to love life to have life, and you’ve got to have life to love life…It’s what they call a vicious circle.” — Thornton Wilder, “Our Town” Officially, Thornton Wilder’s masterpiece “Our Town” is…

MORAN — On any given afternoon, as the school day winds down and students scatter, Shelby Sprague’s workday is just getting started. A Marmaton Valley senior, Sprague runs S2 Livestock, a goat business that she…

YATES CENTER — Area middle-schoolers competed in Tuesday’s Yates Center Junior High School Invitational. The YCJH eighth grade Wildcats kept the boys’ title at home while the Crest Lady Lancers took the seventh and eighth-grade…

The Cowley Community College Tigers snapped Allen’s four-game win streak by splitting Wednesday’s doubleheader at Alumni Park.  After taking the opener 2-0, the Red Devils fell in the finale 5-1. But with top-ranked Johnson County…

The Emporia Gazette published a story advocating for separating the 2A and 1A classifications from the state baseball tournament in light of a 1A school having not won the 2A/1A championship in more than 25…