PITTSBURG — Iola’s senior American Legion baseball team opened the 2021 season Tuesday with plenty of hits, but not much drama. The Indians split a doubleheader with Pittsburg Post No. 64, erupting for a 13-4…

PITTSBURG — Iola High’s Chris Holloway kept up his busy week in fine fashion with his second top-10 golf finish in two days. One day after taking sixth at Iola’s invitational tournament, Holloway was the…

PITTSBURG — Iola High’s tennis team continues to show growth as the season progresses. The Mustangs traveled to Pittsburg Tuesday to face a number of faces, both new and old. Riccardo Barbarossa captured third place…

PITTSBURG — Allen Community College’s Elka Billings and Rachel Bycroft have once again raked in some national hardware. Billings placed fifth and Bycroft sixth in the 5000-meter run at the NJCAA Indoor Track and Field…

Thanks to a windfall of 4,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, the Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas will begin immediately scheduling appointments at all of its clinics, including Iola’s at 2051 N. State. The…

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Pittsburg’s hospital is putting the brakes on some procedures as coronavirus cases continue to climb steadily statewide and the positivity rate tops 17%. Randy Cason, President of Ascension Via Christi Hospital…

PITTSBURG — Iola High’s tennis team wrapped up regular season play Tuesday at Pittsburg State University. Leading the charge was Iola’s No. 1 doubles team of Miah and Sidney Shelby, who went 2-2 to capture…

Heather Horton has a few pandemic messages for her fellow Kansans. “Don’t give up. Take each day as it comes,” she says, which is good advice in any situation. But also: “Think about the people,…

Visiting Pittsburg Middle School made life difficult for Iola Middle School’s volleyball teams Thursday. In seventh-grade action, Iola’s A team fell to the Purple Dragons, 25-5, 25-4. “The score may not reflect it, but they…

Off-campus gatherings of young adults appear to have contributed to an increase in positive cases of COVID-19, officials with Pittsburg State University and the Crawford County Health Department announced at a news briefing on Wednesday.…