Iola Elementary School kindergartners were rewarded for using their imaginations Thursday; The kindergartners in Jessy Ashworth’s kindergarten class were visited by Iola High School drama students, with stuffed monsters for each of the pupils. The…

Crest pre-K students enjoyed what might be described as every 4-year-old’s perfect field trip Thursday afternoon when they made personal pan pizzas at Iola’s Pizza Hut under the guidance of restaurant manager Gary Young. The…

Construction continues on a structure that will house a 3,600-square-foot data center on the outskirts of Iola. The center, owned by Vine Energy LLC, will consume about 3 megawatts of power. The pace of construction…

April is a month of fresh starts. As spring arrives and we begin cleaning out closets and garages, it’s also the perfect time to do a little financial “spring cleaning.” April is recognized as National…

The stand-up freezer in Kasey Guentert’s tidy garage in central Texas is chock-full of vacuum-wrapped cuts of beef. The meat is well-organized, with roasts on the top row and ground beef below. The third row…

Pastor Chase Riebel took his message “Not Ashamed of the Privilege” from Romans 1. In Romans 1:16, Paul says, “For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of…

Deb Danielson, a quality improvement coach with Child Care Aware of Eastern Kansas, read aloud from the children’s book “Worm Weather” Friday morning to youngsters in Robin Manbeck’s My Second Home Daycare Center in LaHarpe.…

Concrete repairs near the Elm Creek bridge on U.S. 169 near Iola will cause traffic delays over the next few weeks, the Kansas Department of Transportation reported. Crews are doing a full-depth concrete repair over…

PITTSBURG — The Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas (CHC/SEK) has appointed Taylor Panczer as its program director for infectious diseases. The program provides care for those with hepatitis and tuberculosis, and sexually transmitted infections…

Mindy Lee, State Marketing Manager for the Kansas Small Business Development Center (SBDC), led Wednesday’s inaugural “Brunch and Business” workshop at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center. About a dozen attendees listened to Lee’s presentation on…