Matt has lost two wives under suspicious circumstances in “As Long As We Both Shall Live” by JoAnn Chaney. Is he (not to mention his wives) just really unlucky, or is there a connection? Things…

March programs at Iola Public Library begin with the Intrepid Readers book discussion program at 2 p.m. March 7.  The book selection is “Frankenstein” by Mary Shelley, which ties in with the current Iola Reads…

Dr. Susan Carlson will discuss Mary Shelley’s classic horror tale, “Frankenstein” tonight as part of the ongoing Iola Reads winter campaign. Carlson is a professor of English at Pittsburg State University whose teaching emphasis focuses…

If you know the name Hedy Lamarr, you probably know her only as an actress.  So how is it she is in the National Inventors Hall of Fame?  Her most important invention was a 1942…

February programs for adults at Iola Public Library begin with the monthly Intrepid Readers book discussion program.  The selection for February is “Lolita,” by Vladimir Nabokov. Long before Jayme Closs and Jaycee Dugard headlined the…

When idealism clashed with pragmatism, Octagon City, meant to be a refuge for vegetarians south of Humboldt, failed to take root. The husband-and-wife writing team of Aaron Barnhart and Diane Eickhoff gave that take Tuesday…

The winter Iola Reads selection will cover Mary Shelley’s classic horror tale, “Frankenstein.” At once a Gothic thriller, a passionate romance and a cautionary tale about the dangers of science, the 201-year-old classic tells the…

Last year in my list of favorite books read in 2017 I had to scrape to come up with just a handful.  This year’s list is markedly different; there are so many books I read…

Iola Public Library will kick off the new year with programs on soup, William Inge, the Allen County vegetarian colony, and more. First up is the monthly Intrepid Readers book discussion program at 2 p.m.…

A collection of local stories shared at a presentation on sexual abuse at the Iola Public Library Saturday shows how pervasive and varied the experiences can be. One woman, now almost 30, shared her experience…