Allen County’s vaccination clinic for those age 85 and older is on schedule as planned beginning at 10 a.m. Thursday at the Community Building in Riverside Park. Health department staff and dozens of volunteers are…

Over the past 5½ years, the football stadium at Iola’s Riverside Park has undergone a full-scale facelift. With new seating, improved water drainage outside the facility, handicap-accessible restrooms and newly remodeled locker rooms, private donations…

This celebratory article marks the 50th entry of Just Prairie. Rural America really used to boom. As evidence, look no further than the Neosho Valley District Fair of 1879, when over 30,000 people (perhaps as…

The friendly confines of Iola’s Riverside Park were anything but Saturday for Iola High’s Mustangs. In their first home game since Sept. 11, the Mustangs saw visiting Girard lead 14-0 after one quarter and 34-0…

The weather was cool but the action was hot at the Lyle Dreher Roughriders Arena at Iola’s Riverside Park Saturday for the second annual Bull Bash. Among the participants were, clockwise from top, Iolan Nick…

With a full rebuild of U.S. 54 through much of Iola coming down the pike, city officials are hoping to get input from those most affected by such a project. An open house is planned…

Twenty-one young baseball enthusiasts learned the finer mechanics of pitching Saturday and Sunday during a clinic provided by Demetrius Mitchell, a standout pitcher-turned-coach at the college level, most recently at Alabama A&M. Tryouts for SEK…

4-H’er Mary Brown visits with judge Eric Marr Tuesday about her photographs. Judging for photography, clothing buymanship and construction and fiber arts was held at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center as part of the Allen…

Monday’s Results Jr. Bitty Ball Iola Transmission 9 Iola Register 13 Hits for Transmission: E. Cookus, 3 1b; L Young, 2 1b; J. Hamilton, 2 1b; C. Ashworth, 2 1b; B. Thomas, 2 1b; R.…

Thursday’s Results Jr. Bitty Ball Iola Register 10 Iola Transmission 8 Hits for Register: L. Ilimaleota, 3 1b, 1 2b; J. Wilson, 4 1b; R. Smith, 1 1b; K. Hufferd, 2 1b; J. Michael, 3…