Local and state authorities are investigating a woman’s death, discovered during a fire at her home Thursday afternoon. The body of Nancy “Kate” Newkirk, age 64, was found as Iola firefighters battled a blaze at…

CHANUTE — Emergency crews battled well into the night Tuesday on a fire that engulfed Playmakers Sports Bar & Grill in the 200 block of East Main Street. Firefighters from Iola and Parsons joined in…

Sometimes getting started in a job can be rough. During her first week as superintendent of Humboldt District 258, Amber Wheeler had to deal with what she described as “our lovely fire on the board…

Tempers were running hot during a portion of Tuesday’s county commission meeting. Commissioners wanted to know how, during a structure fire last week at the Harmony Health store in Iola, the following scenario developed: “I…

Iola was stuck Thursday evening with “the most stubborn fire” Chief Chase Waggoner has ever encountered. Crews worked for several hours — from at least 6:15 p.m. until almost midnight — battling a commercial structure…

A garage fire broke out yesterday afternoon in LaHarpe near the intersection of Main Street and 11th Street. A pumper truck was called in to assist from Iola Fire and Rescue. No one was hurt.

Firefighters responded to a kitchen fire this morning at 502 Eisenhower Dr. in Iola. Chief Chase Waggoner said that crews were able to douse the blaze through a window. All occupants escaped successfully and no…

MISSION, Kan. (AP) — Firefighters in suburban Kansas City are investigating a fire that destroyed part of the First Baptist Church in Mission, Kansas, but spared the long-standing church’s sanctuary.  Firefighters were called to the…

At least four units of the Townhouse West Apartment Complex in the 200 block of South Washington Avenue in Iola sustained damage after a fire started on the third floor Tuesday evening. Iola Fire Chief…

Fire was erupting from the chimney of the rock house west of Iola on Monday night. No one was hurt. The house belongs to Dori Hunt. Fire chief Chase Waggoner said it was “a pretty…