Tuesday night’s performance was part magic, glee and glitter. Almost 200 kindergarten and first-graders performed “Rockin’ the Holidays,” before three times as many family members and friends at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center. Successfully corralling…

EMPORIA — Iolans Rachel Shaffer and Lexie Vega are involved in the Emporia State University Theatre production “God of Carnage,” which runs Dec. 1-4 at the Ronald Q. Frederickson Black Box Theatre. The dark comedy…

Myrna Moore, age 80, of Iola does what she can to conserve energy at home.  She uses one small lamp for light. She keeps her heat low in the winter. She saves the rinse water…

At age 90, Merrill Hodgden’s schedule is somewhat flexible.   “I can meet with you Monday, but 3 to 5 are my office hours,” he said that morning.  When our 2 o’clock interview drifted past…

Tom Campbell is well aware of when his love of stargazing took root, largely because it was one of his first memories as a child. Campbell — maybe 3 or 4 at the time —…

A three-city, two-wheeled celebration is in the works Saturday to mark the unveiling of a new bike route through southeast Kansas. Cyclists will gather at Iola and Pittsburg Saturday morning for ribbon cuttings at each…

Iola, meet Iola. Iola Speck, a teenager from England, traveled halfway around the world to visit a town that shares her name. Iola and her father, Ivan, spent two days in Iola as part of…

Bryan and April Sanders started their Sunday morning with a special challenge: to walk 25 miles in support of veterans and despite Bryan’s Parkinson’s disease. They started in Colony, a little after 4 a.m., when…

For sale: one used water tower. Iola City Council members embraced Monday the concept of putting the city’s decommissioned Elm Street water tower up for sale. Exactly how it will be sold, and if the…

Iola needs to purge itself from the lawn care business, Iola City Administrator Matt Rehder said Monday. Rehder, speaking with the Iola City Council, discussed the city’s policy regarding unkempt lawns. Those who allow their…