Pastor Chase Riebel gave the sermon “Room for Jesus” at Sunday’s service at Colony Christian Church. When Jesus was born, there was no room for him in the inn, and really no room in the…

Negotiations have been completed for a new T. G. & Y. Family Center store to be built as the keystone of a shopping center on the Pet Milk Property on State Street, according to Jim…

The Carlyle Presbyterian Church was beautifully decorated for the annual Christmas Eve service Friday.   Pastor Steve Traw welcomed 80 members and guests.  Pianist Glen Cunningham played a prelude of Christmas hymns and accompanied the…

Howard Reiter gave the Communion meditation on Sunday’s Colony Christian Church. At the time of Jesus’ birth, the Jews had reached the promised land long ago, but had lost their spiritual compass.  Tyranny, slavery, injustice…

Carroll and Faith Weber have been running the Best Western Motel in Iola for years but last month they took on their own restaurant for the first time. The Best Western Restaurant and the Inn…

Those who attend the opening performance of “The Diary of Anne Frank” will be the first to use the new Thomas H. Bowlus Fine Arts Center parking lot. City workmen removed the service station on…

Larry Stiles has a new $3,100 motorized wheelchair, thanks to Rep. Denice Apt of Iola, and well-wishers from Iola and all over Kansas. Stiles became partially paralyzed five years ago in a pole vaulting accident…

LAHARPE — Weekly bingo games at the LaHarpe Willis J. Ross Veterans of Foreign Wars Post will not be held this week or next, because the Friday games would have fallen on Christmas Eve and…

Dear Carolyn: I have two children who are both fundamentally good kids. BUT one is a very, very cute 10-year-old daughter and the other is a very, very annoying 14-year-old son. One is cuddly and…

CHANUTE — Downtown Chanute is looking to begin a $6 million renovation project this summer, according to the Chanute Tribune. Plans include the renovation of the Masonic Temple, built in 1899, and the construction of…