Try to improve just a tiny bit today. That’s the lesson authors Chad Morris and Shelly Brown brought to Iola students and others this week. The authors came to Iola on Thursday to talk about…

AUSTIN, Texas — Amid growing scrutiny from parents and conservative politicians of curriculum in Texas public schools, a Republican state lawmaker has asked superintendents to investigate and catalog books in schools related to race and…

Don’t worry, Dr. Seuss can still be found at the Iola Public Library. For those wondering why it might be otherwise, on Tuesday, which happened to be Theodor Seuss Geisel’s birthday, his publisher announced that…

A program aimed at buying books to fill the library at the new Iola Elementary School has raised about $13,000 in its first two months, but that’s just a start. That represents about 520 books,…

Is there such a thing as too many books? Not according to Lara Veerkamp, proprietor of Iola’s new bookstore located in the old Sophisticated Rose building, which is currently celebrating its “soft” grand opening. Called…

NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer was released Friday after a judge ruled that  he had been sent back to prison from home confinement as retaliation for his plan to release…

What we have discovered through the COVID-19 situation — social distancing, stay-at-home spring break, and the announcement of schools closing — is that there are many learning opportunities right at our fingertips.    Bradford Wiles,…

BALTIMORE — Former Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh, who held elected offices in Baltimore for two decades, was sentenced to three years in federal prison Thursday for a fraud scheme involving a children’s book series. A…

A 12-year old boy struggles with a terrible kind of fame in “Dear Edward” by Ann Napolitano. Edward is the only survivor of a plane crash. Now living with his aunt and uncle, Edward is…

As is my wont, my January book column is a look back at my favorites among books I read in 2019. My tastes tend to run to history or — for fiction — thrillers, and…