Every year around this time, the noise starts to drop. The pace eases a bit. Families gather, neighbors reconnect, and people who disagree on just about everything still manage to pass plates across the same…

The annual Iola Elks Christmas basket distribution project assisted more than 40 families in need this year. Volunteers, armed with an Elks National Foundation grant, purchased the food this week from G&W in Iola, enough…

Motorists could have used a certain red-nosed reindeer to guide their way as fog shrouded much of Iola and Allen County Tuesday. In Iola, the fog was reported as thick as peanut butter, obscuring vehicles…

Youngsters got a free toy, stuffed animal, cocoa and other goodies, during the Humanity House Christmas get-together. The event drew throngs of children both Friday and Saturday.

Iola Elks Lodge No. 569 will donate 100 bags of non-perishable food items to area school districts before the extended holiday break. The bags were filled with 15 items of assorted foods, ranging from instant…

Cold weather did little to chill the holiday fun as folks young and old took part in Christmas-related activities in the area. Santa Claus paid a visit early in the day to the LaHarpe Senior…

The Iola Area Chamber of Commerce brought back a holiday tradition Saturday with a Christmas parade in downtown Iola. Throngs endured a blustery wind that did little to chill the fun and excitement.

Iola’s square featured plenty of holiday cheer Friday evening during the Iola Chamber’s Christmas Block Party. Shoppers perused downtown stores, enjoyed hot cocoa and roasted marshmallows, and were treated to plenty of live entertainment courtesy…

Friend in ministry Barbara Lundblad tells of a vacation Bible school experience she had as a child at which the theme was “putting on the whole armor of God.”  That summer a creative leader came…

Sales rose this year during the holiday shopping season even as Americans wrestled with elevated prices for many groceries and other necessities, according to new data. Holiday sales from the beginning of November through Christmas…