Tag: Christmas
And the city said, let there be light — Christmas lights, that is. After fearing it may have been too late to add Christmas lights to outline Iola’s downtown buildings this year, Mayor Steve French…
Wings of Warriors reached a noteworthy achievement recently. Since the club was founded several years ago, Wings of Warriors has given out more than $100,000 to aid cancer patients in the area. Mary Ann Ritter…
Downtown Iola will be a little less bright for the holiday season this year. The city will not light the buildings surrounding the courthouse square for Christmas because the old strands have begun to fail.…
The December meeting of the Seekers-Not-Slackers 4-H Club was Dec. 19 at the Lone Elm Community Building. Roll call was “What is your favorite Christmas Song?” which was answered by 17 members and one leader. …
Howard Reiter gave the Communion meditation on Sunday’s Colony Christian Church. At the time of Jesus’ birth, the Jews had reached the promised land long ago, but had lost their spiritual compass. Tyranny, slavery, injustice…
Christmas memories come in all shapes and sizes. One often never realizes, until afterward, how special those moments were, regardless if they were shaped from a family tradition, or even better, an unplanned surprise that…
NEW YORK (AP) — Emarilis Velazquez is paying higher prices on everything from food to clothing. Her monthly grocery bill has ballooned from $650 to almost $850 in recent months. To save money, she looks…
McKinley Elementary School students perform a spirited rendition of “Santa Claus is Coming to Town” as part of their recital, “A Kindergarten Christmas” Tuesday evening at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center. The show included a…
Concerns about the rise in COVID-19 have prompted organizers to call off this year’s Iola Christmas Vespers concert. The concert had been scheduled for Sunday afternoon at Iola’s Wesley United Methodist Church. Meanwhile, Yates Center…
