Despite being a little more than a year old, it seems the rock crusher the county purchased for just over $1 million in 2018 has been broken down more than it has been crushing rock.…

Former Iola City Administrator Carl Slaugh has been tapped by voters to serve on the City Council. Slaugh’s election was certified Monday by Allen County commissioners. Slaugh, whose name was not on the ballot in…

Since the group’s inception five years ago, the Wings of Warriors has doled out more than $35,000 in assistance to 120 cancer survivors, representing every community in the county. Those numbers are increasing in leaps…

A combination of plummeting temperatures with intermittent spells of freezing rain combined to make brutal driving conditions in Allen County this morning. Here, a tractor-trailer rig dangles over the railing of the Neosho River bridge…

Every time of year is a great time of year to volunteer. Volunteering is a way to change your world on a daily or weekly basis. For some, volunteering is as natural as breathing. They…

Dear editor, The past several years, the Iola Kiwanis Club has organized the bell ringing for the Salvation Army and the Iola Walmart has been gracious in allowing us to do this event at their…

Less than a month after Allen County commissioners opted to contribute more to a cost sharing program with the Kansas Department of Transportation, it seems the strategy is already paying off.  On Tuesday, KDOT announced…

While the vote suggested otherwise, Iola Mayor Jon Wells insisted Tuesday his decisive re-election bid was anything but easy. “It looks easy at the end,” he said, “but we fought hard.” Wells counted the number…

Through the month of September Iola’s emergency services have taken 139 more calls than the previous year for Allen County, with 54.8% of those calls coming from Iola. City of Iola officials say they can’t…

Judge Dan Creitz was elected president-elect of the Kansas District Judges Association for 2019-2020 at a recent conference for judges in Wichita. Creitz is chief judge of the 31st Judicial District, composed of Allen, Neosho,…