Iola High School students from left, Michael Price, Haley Carlin, Adryan Nading and Kayton Godfrey have been selected to perform today at the Kansas Music Educators Association Southeast District Honors Band at Pittsburg State University.…

Nine Iola High School students etched their names into a unique piece of school history Wednesday in being named the school?s first-ever members of the International Thespian Society. The society is the current iteration of…

Jan Knewtson has several favorite parts of the Christmas season. Her most favorite may be when she channels her inner Griswold. Knewtson, longtime owner of Sophisticated Rose in downtown Iola, has arguably Iola’s most ornate…

Iola students Kalibre Smith, Payton Houk and Ursula Billings perform a piece Tuesday evening during their strings concert at the Creitz Recital Hall in the Bowlus Fine Arts Center. Elizabeth Cunningham directed the program, accompanied…

The Time Out Tavern, 118 E. Jackson Ave., is closing for the time being, upon the death of owner Darrell Chester. Chester, 56, died over the weekend in Sioux Falls, S.D. The closing, effective immediately,…

Can you name a product produced in Kansas?  Wheat, corn, cattle, stickers, storage tanks and Russell Stover’s candy were some of the answers at the Sunday meeting of the Prairie Dell 4-H Club at Heartland…

The Christmas season hits high gear this week with activities in store for folks of all ages. Santa Claus will make several appearances in Allen County, including his first arrival at his temporary quarters at…

See also:  Iola City Council considers changing the name of Coon Creek.   The Fillies will be put out to pasture… eventually. The USD 257 Board of Education voted to use one mascot for all district…

On the same night USD 257 school board members agreed to eventually remove the “Fillies” moniker for Iola High School girls sports teams, Iola City Council members were asked to reconsider naming Coon Creek back…

Over the span of several days in late May, forecasters warned of historic flooding in and around Iola. The worst of those predictions failed to materialize, but the near miss still packed a punch. Take,…