PARSONS — A pair of Iola High newcomers took to the tennis courts for the first time Monday. Iola’s Josie Plumlee and Molly Riebel each made their debuts at a Parsons Invitational Junior Varsity Tournament.…

PARSONS — Iola High’s Keira Fawson and Miah Shelby have continued their sterling run of success through the early portions of the 2021 tennis season. Fawson and Shelby both swept their way to singles titles…

In the spring of 1873, young Billy Toll was driving cattle past the Bender Inn in Labette County, on his way to Sunday School, when he noticed the place looked deserted. His suspicions were confirmed…

They can’t all be works of art. Iola’s AA American Legion baseball team struggled mightily in the field Monday, and in so doing, let an 8-3 lead slip away in the late innings in a…

NEODESHA — Humboldt High’s Lady Cubs had a rough go of it on the volleyball court Saturday, going 1-3 on the day. “We started the day out really well,” head coach Terry Meadows said. “Then…

PARSONS — Iola High’s girls tennis season came to an end Saturday at the Class 4A Regional Tournament. Five Iola competitors ventured to Parsons for the competition. And while none came away with a victory,…

Players from the Parsons Vikings football program are making their voices heard after facing an adversity felt too often. During halftime of a game between Parsons and Iola at Iola High School Sept. 11, at…

Highway to reopen when work shuts down for winter WELDA — Work to widen U.S. 169/59 between Welda and Garnett is aiming for a temporary reopening of the highway later this summer or fall when…

The iced tea is flowing, and the women of Parsons High School’s class of 1969 are on a roll. A handful of them are circled up at a table in the increasingly crowded fellowship hall…

Erie nurse headed to serve in NYC ERIE — An Erie nurse is headed to New York City to provide medical assistance for eight weeks at the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United…