The Iola Middle School Kansas History class hosted Melissa Ashenfelter, an AmeriCorps worker helping at Cross Timbers and Fall River State Park over the past year, as a presenter Monday. Ashenfelter brought with her a…

Last year was pretty miserable for Allen County volleyball head coach Whitney Shaw and her team. The Lady Devils lost all 36 of their matches, building a streak of 43 straight losses stretching back to…

A Springfield, Mo., man was struck and killed by a passing vehicle early Sunday, in an apparent hit-and-run, Allen County Sheriff Bryan Murphy confirmed. Billy Lee Montgomery, 26, was declared dead at the scene of…

A group focused on political action meets tonight to discuss recent elections and plan steps to form its own chapter of the Kansas League of Women Voters. A group of about eight has been working…

Dear editor: Partnerships in our community and county involving service clubs — volunteers — private groups and public bodies have a long history and are one of the great aspects of living in Iola and…

Emily Crabtree likes to learn. And she loves the classroom. But it wasn’t always easy. An undiagnosed reading disorder often meant struggling in the classroom. “I was a B-C student,” she admitted. “It was a…

There’s much to be said about teaching a room full of first-graders, Emilea Peine noted. “I like seeing them get it,” she said. “I like it when you know they’ve learned something and their eyes…

MANHATTAN — 4-H members from the Southwind Extension District excelled at the annual Kansas 4-H Livestock Sweepstakes event Saturday and Sunday at Kansas State University, winning three state titles in the process. The competition focused…

Allen County commissioners, including Bill King who was sworn in Tuesday morning, have concerns about purchase of 250 acres of the old Lehigh Cement Company property, including its 109-acre lake. Commissioner Jerry Daniels, elected chairman…

Land in or near South Iola could see new development now that the area has been designated an “Opportunity Zone” by the Kansas Department of Commerce. The area stretches from U.S. 54 to the Allen…