Motorists traveling between Iola and Gas are probably oblivious to a small village that has crept up between the two communities. The village — a mammoth collection of ceramic Christmas houses owned by Jimmy Dale…

Enrollment for USDA Farm Service Agency’s Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) has opened. The program began Dec. 9 and runs through Feb. 28. This is an opportunity for producers to submit offers to re-enroll land that…

Santa took advantage of Monday’s ideal travel conditions to make one last stop in Iola before embarking on his global gift-giving trek tonight. Here, Santa shares a gaze with 3-week-old Gracelynn  West during his stop…

There’s a likely chance that most who enter the doors of the Dr. John Silas Bass North Community Building have never heard of the trials and tribulations the building’s namesake endured more than 150 years…

A large crowd enjoyed the cool, crisp Saturday morning weather as part of the annual Jingle Bell Jog. The event was sponsored by the Iola High School track and field team. Runners, with bells tied…

As Iola High School senior Allie Fager sat down to do her homework on a Thursday evening earlier this month, she decided to check one more time to see if she had been selected to…

Youngsters with Munchkinland Daycare perform Christmas songs Wednesday at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center. Riley McGinnis introduces a song for the audience. 

It?s not easy to improve an individual?s health. And if the goal is to improve the health and wellbeing of an entire community or a state, it gets even more complicated. Lt. Gov. Lynn Rogers…

The McKinley Elementary School Christmas program Tuesday featured preschoolers, above, doing the ?Reindeer Hokey Pokey.? The final USD 257 Christmas show is a Pre-K concert tonight at 6 o?clock at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center.   …

When Paul Zirjacks recently learned of Rotary’s beneficent gift to Iola Middle School’s orchestra program, it inspired him to visit a long-neglected closet. There sat his late wife Judy’s cello.  “It had become part of…