Iola High School seniors paint their parking spaces in the senior lot on Tuesday evening in preparation for the start of the school year next week. Each chose their own design to match their interests…

Jackson Ulrich admitted to having some trepidation about spending a week in Hays as part of a rigorous band camp in advance of the Kansas Shrine Bowl football game.  The senior-to-be at Iola High School…

The Iola High football team is hosting a preseason combine at 6 p.m. Friday, Aug. 11, at the stadium in Riverside Park.  The event is open to the public. Football players will check out their…

Iola High’s Damian Wacker has more challenges than most athletes his age. Since his sophomore year, Wacker has battled the fact that his lungs periodically collapse. Wacker suffers from spontaneous pneumothorax, a genetic condition where…

At game time Friday evening, the expected temperature was 100 degrees.  The Iola AA Indians were facing Pittsburg’s AAA Post 64 team in a battle for the American Legion Super State title.  Each won their…

A trio of Iola High golfers are wrapping up their summer play. Xander Sellman, Chris Holloway and Brennen Coffield have been competing on the Wichita Junior Tour and the Central Links Tour this summer. Coffield…

PHOENIX (AP) — Phoenix’s relentless streak of dangerously hot days was finally poised to smash a record for major U.S. cities on Tuesday, the 19th straight day the desert city was to see temperatures soar…

A golf tournament to support Iola High School and Iola Middle School athletics programs is Saturday at the Allen County Country Club. There are still openings for teams to sign up. Signup is inside the…

Brennen Coffield’s success at the Class 4A state golf meet has whetted his appetite for more. Since medaling at the state competition by finishing 19th, Coffield has been hitting the links.  “During the summer I…

MORAN — It didn’t take Katie Bigelow long to embark on what she hopes is a long career as a daycare provider. When Bigelow received her diploma from Iola High School in May, she’d already…