Rising star Michelle Foster with her six-piece band will bring “What Christmas Means to Me” to Iola this weekend. The show begins at 7 p.m. at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center. It combines Foster’s love…

‘Tis the season for holiday music.Iola schools and Allen Community College will have concerts almost every evening at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center during the next couple of weeks.On Tuesday, Iola Elementary School’s preschoolers will…

Despite inflation and memories of past holiday travel meltdowns, millions of people are expected to hit airports and highways in record numbers over the Thanksgiving break.The busiest days to fly will be Tuesday and Wednesday…

Find additional photos of Tuesday’s Halloween parade here. Ready, Set, Learn preschool students dressed as 101 Dalmations for the Iola Elementary School Halloween parade on Tuesday, with teachers Jessy Coffield, back left, and Sheri Orear…

Halloween’s spooky spectacles will return with a number of local activities to delight both the young and the young at heart. The Iola Area Chamber of Commerce is setting up its annual Trunk Or Treat…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas will designate Juneteenth as a state holiday, joining 28 other states and the District of Columbia, Gov. Laura Kelly said Tuesday. Kelly, a Democrat, said in a news release that…

Saturday turned out to be a beautiful day for an Easter egg hunt. The Iola Area Chamber of Commerce and Kiwanis sponsored an Easter egg hunt on the courthouse square Saturday, drawing throngs of eager…

Having a day care means getting to celebrate Christmas with children, years after your own are grown. Donna Ross of Moran has been watching area children for more than 40 years. Each year at Christmastime,…

Note: Lisse Regehr is the CEO of Thrive Allen County. It was a rare moment when Lisse Regehr’s extended family could get together. Her father served in the military, and most of her childhood was…

Step into Donna Houser’s house at Christmastime, and it’s like a trip through history and around the world.  You’ll find four tiny, angelic Christmas choir boys and plastic reindeer toys from the 1940s, still in…