An Iola man faces arson charges after his home burned in Iola Monday. Loren Newkirk was arrested after firefighters were called to his home at about 3 p.m. Monday at 524 S. Kentucky St. Firefighters…

Iola firefighters respond to the scene of a house fire Monday afternoon at 524 S. Kentucky St. The house was shrouded in a thick plume of smoke when firefighters arrived. Additional information, including the cause…

An August grain bin rescue in Allen County served notice to Iola Fire Chief Corey Isbell that his crews needed better equipment. A farmer escaped injury after he had been working on top of a…

A suspicious house fire in south Iola Friday is being investigated as arson. The Allen County Sheriff’s Department said a suspect was identified, but no arrests have been made, following the fire at 525 S.…

Fire crews battled a house fire early Wednesday evening at 911 S. Washington Ave. in Iola. The family, home at the time the blaze started, escaped unharmed. The cause of the fire was not immediately…

A little more than a year ago, Iola Fire Chief Corey Isbell faced an ongoing staff shortage that required a little outside-the-box thinking. He and city leaders introduced an eight-week Firefighter/EMT Academy in August 2023,…

Iola Fire Department crews were quick to respond to a fire Friday mid-morning at 1504 E. Carpenter St., Iola. A storage shed caught ablaze while residents were demolishing it. Kenneth Powell, deputy chief for Iola…

TOPEKA – Today, in accordance with Executive Order #20-30, Governor Laura Kelly ordered flags throughout the State of Kansas to be flown at half-staff from sunup to sundown on Wednesday, May 22, in honor of…

Deputy Chief Eric B’Hymer, a 25-year veteran with the Iola Fire Department, passed away Tuesday evening in Wichita. B’Hymer, age 53, was diagnosed in February with non-small cell lung cancer. Surviving are his wife, Angie,…

About 20 people were rescued from flooded homes and vehicles between Saturday evening and Sunday morning, as severe storms dumped an official 4 inches of rain overnight, though locals recorded easily double that amount. Emergency…