Iola High School students descended on local businesses this week for “Sticker Shock,” an event to warn about the risks of providing alcohol to minors. Students place stickers and flyers on alcohol packages with information…

PITTSBURG — Marmaton Valley High School students competed in the math relays at Pittsburg State University on Tuesday. The 16 students competed against more than 700 others from Kansas, Oklahoma, and Missouri in different math…

“What if you didn’t have a Switch?” Horrified gasps filled the air of the gymnasium at Jefferson Elementary School as first and second grade students imagined life without their beloved handheld video game device. “What…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republican legislators who argue that Kansas parents need more education choices are pushing to allow them to move their children from the public schools they’d normally attend to others outside their…

Jefferson Elementary had 72 second-graders who met the Caldecott Challenge of reading 20 or more Caldecott Medal-winning books. Five students earned trophies for reading all 84 Caldecott Medal books. 

It’s difficult for a child to go to a foster home.  Not only are they leaving behind everything that is familiar, those who are placed during an emergency may not have all the personal supplies…

Marmaton Valley Junior High’s Sophia Heim, 8th grade, was crowned the Allen County Spelling Bee Champion Thursday at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center. Placing second was Liliana Jerome, 5th grade, of Iola.

A collaboration between educators and business leaders requires several components, notes Melissa Stiffler, career and technical education director for Iola-USD 257. Schools want to produce skilled graduates; businesses want a productive workforce. That said, the…

An Iola couple is having so much fun hosting a foreign exchange student this year, they decided to take on another. Paul Porter and Hayley Derryberry welcomed Charlotte “Charlie” Peters of Germany last fall. Since…

It’s never too early to learn leadership skills. The Leadership Crew, a group of six second graders at Jefferson Elementary School, gave a presentation to the USD 257 school board about their activities this year.…