Kalibre Smith, a senior at Iola High School, recently received a 1-rating for his violin solo at a regional competition in Independence. The 1-rating is the highest score a musician can receive in a solo…

Sunny skies across Allen County allowed students and others to enjoy a near-total solar eclipse, while millions of spectators across the U.S., Mexico and Canada watched as the moon passed in front of the sun…

A string of student-led conversations in Allen County culminated Thursday morning in the burial of a time capsule in downtown Iola.  “Our whole mission has been to find out what would bring the youth back…

Area high schools know where their postseason activities will take place. The state announced this week regional sites for baseball, softball, golf, tennis and track and field activities. The lists for Iola, Humboldt, Marmaton Valley,…

If only adults could remember the lessons learned in childhood, the world might be a better place. Iola High School drama students will offer a reminder with “All I Really Need to Know I Learned…

The Iola Underhogs may have been the underdogs, but somehow they managed to climb to the top of the pile. Iola High School’s brand new barbecue team did so well at the first-ever Kansas High…

Tony Hoffman had a lot of questions as a child. His search for answers would lead him down a difficult path, from drug addiction to armed robbery to prison and, ultimately, toward redemption. After a…

Iola FFA recently had three district proficiency winners with their Supervised Agricultural Experiences (SAE). Jaydon Morrison won in the area of poultry production; Kyser Nemecek in swine entrepreneurship; and Hallie Sutherland in diversified crop production…

Iola High School brought home the honor of being named Pioneer League Champions for the third year in a row on Saturday, March 2, at Iola. Individual results follow: Oral Interpretation of Prose: Max Andersen…

Iola High School students are reading again, thanks to a new English Language Arts curriculum. Teachers Laura Schinstock and Catherine Dean gave USD 257 board members an update on the program at Monday’s meeting. The…