OSAWATOMIE — Iola Middle School’s eighth-graders capped their 2024 volleyball season by taking third place in the Pioneer League Tournament Saturday. The Mustangs swept Anderson County, 25-16 and 25-16, to open the tournament, before dropping…

Iola Middle School announced academic honors for 2024. American Legion Award: Kevon Loving, Addilyn Wacker KSHSAA Citizenship Award: Reed Clift, Blayke Patterson Principal’s Honor Roll (4.0 GPA) Sixth grade: Corbin Coffield, Cade Curry, Leanna Flory,…

PITTSBURG — A day filled with competition, inclusion and lots of fun greeted members of the Iola Special Olympics and unified sports teams as they took part in the Southeast Kansas Regional Track Meet. Several…

Player 1 is about to go online. Iola middle and high school students will soon enter the world of eSports. USD 257 board members approved spending $25,747.04 to purchase gaming equipment to start the new…

Iola Middle School track and field athletes Reginald Davis, Kevon Loving, Haidyn Desmarteau and Cam Wille were at Iola Elementary School Monday to speak a little bit about why they enjoy the sport. The assembly,…

HUMBOLDT — Middle-schoolers from Iola and Yates Center were among the track and field athletes who ventured to Humboldt for the Humboldt Middle School Invitational. Iola’s seventh-grade girls and boys both won their respective team…

Iola Middle School sixth grader Leanna Flory spells a word in Wednesday afternoon’s county-wide spelling bee held at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center. She won the spelling bee, which had another 17 competitors, in six…

Most of us would identify our middle school years as some of life’s most uncomfortable. No longer in the cocoon of elementary school, middle school brings with it puberty, different teachers, and new social cliques.…

Iola High School’s Sheridan Byrd, from foreground, takes part in a drumming performance Tuesday during the IHS basketball games against Santa Fe Trail. Also taking part are Iola Middle School students Hadlee Stranghoner, Drake Genoble…

Iola Middle School and Iola High received donations as part of a fundraising campaign by Your Community Foundation and the Patterson Family. The Allen County Animal Rescue Facility (ACARF) received the bulk of the funds,…