Carri Sailor, owner of Rookies Sports Bar and Grill, remembers going to Ken’s Pizza as a child to make pizzas.  Whether that memory led her to open her own restaurant, it definitely inspired her to…

Brinley McGhee’s passion is turning into a profession. Just days after walking across the stage as a Crest High School graduate, McGhee is focusing her energies full time on expanding her business, Divine Brin. McGhee,…

The owners of a downtown coffee shop plan to open a drive-thru coffee business on U.S. 169, northeast of the city.  Gabe and Myra Gleason, with partner and landowner Jenn Chester, plan to break ground…

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…

The term “throwaway society” makes Mike McGie cringe. The term was coined from the prevalence of inexpensive, cheaply made products, such as furniture or shoes — heck, even cars — that are designed to be…

As newcomers to Iola, Manish Sahdev and wife Karisma have already felt welcomed into the community. Now, the new owners of Iola’s Regency Inn are intent on extending that same hospitality to their customers. The…

Like the smell of baking bread, a sense of community permeated the grand opening of Derryberry Breadery on Wednesday evening.  Dozens turned out for the ribbon cutting ceremony at 5 p.m., In fact, so many…

As much as Hayley Derryberry wants customers to sample a wide assortment of her baked goods, from her signature bagels and sourdough breads to cookies and baguettes, she yearns for something more at Derryberry Breadery,…

Katie Yoder is a few short, but extraordinarily busy, weeks from crossing a mighty to-do item from her bucket list. Yoder seeks to open 620 Athletics in Iola by mid-April, fulfilling her lifelong dream of…

Their interests are about as diverse as a pair of colleagues can have. One’s an amateur beekeeper. The other is a confessed “tinkerer,” willing to work on anything from cars to remodeled bathrooms. But for…