Marmaton Valley’s junior high and elementary school students have earned bids for the upcoming Allen County Spelling Bee. Junior high students taking the top three spots in the school spelling bee are Harlie Cook, first…

Anastasiya Miller moved 1,300 miles away to Tampa, Florida, from her hometown this past year. “I was excited,” Miller said. “I knew that I wanted to move out of Oklahoma. I had lived in Colorado…

“Poverty is defined as a lack of resources, not just money,” says Barbara Button, Humanity House executive director.  An upcoming class offered by Humanity House will help define what poverty is and better educate people…

Iola Middle School and Iola High received donations as part of a fundraising campaign by Your Community Foundation and the Patterson Family. The Allen County Animal Rescue Facility (ACARF) received the bulk of the funds,…

Winter homecoming candidates at Crest High School are, front frow from left, Brooklyn Jones, Kaylee Allen, Liliana Blaufuss and Andie Burnett; back, Jacob Zimmerman, Gentry McGhee and Denton Ramsey. Rogan Weir is not pictured. The…

Crest schools honor rolls for the first semester. High School All A Superintendent’s Honor Roll                                        …

TOPEKA — Hannah Andersen of Iola was named to the President’s List for the fall semester at Washburn University. Dean’s List honorees include Jacob Andersen and Maggie Creitz, both of Iola, and Ashlyn Bartlett of…

The Iola school district will enter a lottery to see if they can get two electric school buses for about half the price of one diesel bus. Board members, though, still have questions about the…

PITTSBURG — Starting next fall, Iola High School students will be able to grow up to 500 heads of lettuce each week, all year long.  It will happen courtesy of a hydroponic growing container offered…

Iola Elementary School fourth grader Elijah Mentzer correctly spelled the word “intertwine” to win the IES spelling bee Friday morning. IES recognized the top four spellers. The first place winner was fourth-grader Elijah Mentzer; fifth…