SAVONBURG — The Kansas Masonic Foundation has partnered with Virginia Lodge No. 315 to donate $500 to the Savonburg Public Library. Founded in 1896, Virginia Lodge No. 315 is a Kansas Masonic lodge dedicated to…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court is hearing arguments Tuesday over the religious rights of parents in Maryland to remove their children from elementary school classes whose storybooks may include LGBTQ characters. The case…

MORAN — Marmaton Valley Elementary School library’s benefited from a recent gift of $2,000 from the Iola Rotary Club. The funds will support a book vending machine installed in August. Rotary President Sharon Moreland and…

Lucas Stauffer-Rodriguez and Hadley Thompson were the winners of the Ranger in Time baskets. Students who read 10 or more Ranger in Time chapter books were entered into a drawing for a gift basket of…

Now, they call it a “media center.” It still looks like a library, but the large, open room in a centralized location at Iola Middle School bears little resemblance to the library where students checked…

Iola Elementary School students are hunting for literary treasures this week as the Scholastic Book Fair returns. Students searched for books and trinkets such as decorative pens and bookmarks.

Eight-year-old Hadley Thompson reads a book to her sister, Lilian Kelly, and therapy dog Charley at the Iola Public Library Friday afternoon. The reading event was sponsored by Iola Reads and Prairieland Visiting Animal Association…

Iola Reads is going to the dogs with several activities that celebrate both books and canine friends, along with a bit of history and time-travel. This year’s youth selection is a series of books by…

Iola school officials shared plans for a new reading program next year, after some staff and volunteers expressed dismay at the end of the Accelerated Reader program. Some aspects will stay the same, Jenna Higginbotham,…

“When Spring Comes,” a Kevin Henkes book for very young readers, is displayed in windows of 16 businesses around the square, thanks to the efforts of Iola Friends of the Library Stephanie Larson and Mary…