Sometimes, little things make a big difference. An effort to learn how students feel about their schools resulted in repairs to a bathroom at Iola High School. Max Andersen and Kaysin Crusinbery, IHS seniors who…

LAHARPE — A Christmas light display 20 years in the making may be ending soon. Susan Knavel, who with her husband Don have turned their home into a lighted holiday showpiece each Christmas, has been…

WICHITA — An act of vandalism at a Wichita park was finally rectified Monday when a new version of League 42’s Jackie Robinson statue was unveiled at McAdams Park. The original statue was stolen in…

WICHITA — The cowards rolled into McAdams Park in Wichita, Kan., in a grayish-silver pickup truck in the dead of night, because these types of criminals, like cockroaches, don’t like the light. They left with…

USD 257 crews have been busy this week adding security cameras around the Riverside Park football stadium. The cameras were ordered after recent vandalism reports at the park. Ben Prasko, USD 257’s information technology director,…

The football stadium at Riverside Park will get security cameras after vandalism earlier this year.  USD 257 board members approved the purchase of eight cameras to be stationed around the stadium, including at entrances to…

Pickup hit Mark W. McMahan was stopped on West Lincoln Street Wednesday, waiting to turn onto State Street, when his pickup was struck from behind by a pickup driven by Brodie J. Holmes, Iola police…

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli police have arrested an American tourist at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem after he hurled works of art to the floor, defacing two second-century Roman statues. The vandalism late Thursday raised…

Arrest reported Casey Tush, 36, Iola, was arrested by Iola police officers May 20 for suspicion of theft in the 2200 block of North State Street. Pickup hit An unknown motorist struck a pickup owned…

Three juveniles are believed responsible for vandalism that occurred in the old Lincoln Elementary School building over the weekend. Iola police officers said the juveniles — ages 16, 14 and 9 — are suspected of…