Split Iola High tennis squads kept busy Monday. While the Mustang varsity was in Pittsburg for a makeup tournament originally scheduled for late August, the junior varsity team was at Fort Scott. On the varsity…

Step into the new Veterans Administration health clinic and you’ll find subtle hints of the Flint Hills, with wide hallways, earth tone decor and photos that evoke the open plains and a rural lifestyle. It’s…

The Iola Seahorses hosted Chanute and Humboldt Wednesday in their final home meet of 2024. All three teams will be at Chanute on July 20 for the Southeast Kansas League Meet to wrap up the…

Kinsey Schinstock, a pitcher for the Iola Fillies, a traveling softball team, delivers a pitch during a Chanute Summer League game Wednesday at Chanute’s Santa Fe Park.

One rescued, one drowns at SEK lakes A 65-year-old woman was rescued 12 hours after fallilng into the water on the east side spillway of the Toronto Lake Dam in Woodson County May 17, according…

Cleaver Farm & Home ACE Hardware kicked off its grand re-opening in Chanute Thursday with a unique board-cutting. The celebration continues through Saturday. The hardware, lumber, and farm supply dealer recently finished a major remodel.…

CHANUTE — A couple that escaped injury from Thursday’s apartment fire says they are recovering from shock and mourning the loss of a friend.  Orion “Artemis” Brown, age 24, and Nicholas Alexandria, age 20, lived…

CHANUTE — A second person has died from the Thursday, March 21 fire that destroyed Cornerstone Apartments in Chanute. Kalyn Jones, age 22, was found deceased at the scene and Jolavon Haymaker, age 90, passed…

CHANUTE — Efforts are underway across the region to assist those displaced by a deadly fire at an apartment complex in Chanute on Thursday morning, as residents and the community cope with the tragic aftermath.…

A Chanute man escaped injury when his pickup exploded while he was working at an oil pump jack site in rural Allen County Wednesday. Sheriff’s deputies said Brandon Morris was working on the pump jack,…