Senior Jesse Taylor walked away with some of the biggest prizes of the night when Iola High School and community leaders handed out scholarships and awards during a ceremony on Wednesday evening.  Taylor received several…

Applicants seeking to fill local city council or school board seats have until noon June 1 to file. The primary election is Aug.  1; the general election is Nov.  7. In Iola, Mayor Steve French…

There may not be many names as befitting a home-owned business as Revival Salon and Spa. First off, Jerrica Mueller and her team of stylists offer a range of services to bring about a newer…

County department leaders looked to commissioners on Tuesday for a little guidance about equipment purchases and maintenance. The most expensive requests are likely to come from the road and bridge department. Director Mark Griffith asked…

Rachel Starke decided to shirk her principal responsibilities on Wednesday for something much more important: recess. Starke, a kindergarten student at Iola Elementary School, was one of two students selected to serve as “Principal For…

The Iola Elks will host a taco bar fundraiser from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at the Elks Lodge, 202 S. Jefferson Ave. Meals sell for $10 for all-you-can eat dinners, or $5 for two…

Carter Warden, a fourth-grader at Iola Elementary School, admitted he was a little nervous to walk on the Lehigh Portland Trails on Monday morning. He’d never been on the trails before. “I don’t like snakes…

HUMBOLDT — For a few fleeting hours Saturday, Humboldt’s Carsyn Haviland and Maddox Johnson will hold the distinction of being community college graduates before they’ve graduated from high school. Sure, it’s simply because of a…

CHANUTE — Neosho Memorial Regional Hospital’s Green Living Foundation received an $820,373 grant from the Kansas Department of Commerce to help complete its Impact Center, a new orthopedic clinic. The Foundation raised $273,458 to qualify…

Paulia Ard could only laugh when she learned last fall about Iola’s newest coffee shop, Fillmore Coffee House and Plant Cafe.  That’s because Ard, a Moran native in her freshman year at Allen Community College,…