Wilma Goodell, age 92, of Colony, passed away on Monday, Oct. 15, 2018, at Olathe Medical Center, Olathe. She was born Dec. 20, 1925, in Mont Ida, the daughter of Albert and Nora (Moyer) Smith.…

Mary Elizabeth (Payne) Sigler, 79, Chanute, passed away on Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018. Mary was born on May 12, 1939, in Iola to William and Grace (Combs) Payne. Grace Payne was remarried to Earl Ansell.…

Within the past couple of years, many Kansas counties implemented Operation Red File — a source for emergency medical information.   Now is the time for Neosho, Bourbon, Allen and Woodson counties to review their “Red…

Humboldt — Do you know how that playground equipment at the park down the street was purchased? Or the new sign leading visitors to a local landmark? How about initial money for a festival? In…

Fall is the perfect time to tidy up the yard, prepare your plants for winter and plan for the next growing season, Evelyn Lay told the Dirt Diggers Garden Club at their Oct. 10 meeting…

Iola has two new leaders in town. Daniel Kays comes across the country from California to be the new director of the Bowlus Fine Arts Center. And Mary Benningfield is the new executive director of…

Dear editor, Without going into the actual 17 points mentioned in the LaHarpe meeting about building a new grade school, somewhere to be determined by the Board of Education sometime but not now, I would…

  70 Years Ago October 1948 Final agreement on a football game here Armistice Day between the Pittsburg State College reserve team and Iola Junior College was reached in a meeting of the Armistice Day…

A disturbing Associated Press report shines a light on what happens to immigrant children separated from their parents and forced into foster-care settings mandated by the U.S. government. In a small number of cases, foster-care…

Tomorrow, October 17, will feature a blood drive from 12:00-5:30 p.m. at the North Community Building at 505 N. Buckeye St., Iola. Donations will not benefit the Community Blood Center alone; it’s also to support breast cancer…