TOPEKA — Iola High School senior Brennen Coffield was one shot off the leader at the 3A KSHSAA Golf Championship following Tuesday’s first round of play.  Coffield trailed Wichita Collegiate junior Landon Langston by a…

MORAN — Just one day removed from the end of the 2025-2026 athletic year, Marmaton Valley High School sophomore Thomas Allee is already looking forward to 2027.  Allee has the right to be excited. The…

Miss Chelsea’s Dance Academy’s annual recital begins at 6:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center. Tickets sell for $10 apiece, and can  be purchased at bowluscenter.org, or at the door.

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 32 points, Alex Caruso led another strong bench effort with 22 and the Oklahoma City Thunder moved one win away from a return trip to the NBA Finals…

Two students participating in the Work-Based Learning (WBL) program through Kansas Pre-Employment Transition Services (Pre-ETS) are gaining valuable job skills through their placements at Waters Hardware in Iola. Frederick Burgett came to the program in…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The most enduring memories that Clark and Dan Hunt share of their father, the sports tycoon Lamar Hunt, have less to do with all the World Cup games they saw…

Tuesday’s planned Iola City Council meeting wound up being a no-go, when too many members announced they would be unable to attend. With only three Council members on hand — Mark Peters, Nich Lohman and…

CLEVELAND (AP) — Travis Kelce is a three-time Super Bowl champion, four-time All-Pro and fiance of music superstar Taylor Swift. On Wednesday he added minority investor in the Cleveland Guardians to his resumé. The Guardians…

Allen County commissioners were cool to Mandy Moyer’s pleas that they continue their current funding level for the Bowlus Fine Arts Center, signaling they were interested in reducing their commitment. Moyer, Bowlus director, made an…

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The only member of Haiti’s national soccer team who is based in the troubled Caribbean country is awaiting a U.S. visa to join the squad in Florida just weeks…