Who were the Iola High coaches to argue with a baseball umpire? At the end of five innings with the score 3-3, the official called the game. “He said there was a league rule that…

“Paul (Upshaw) said this is going to be our last sale, but he’s been saying that the last two or three years,” Bill Mentzer said this morning as he watched the Calvary United Methodist Church’s…

On April 20, Chester Williams Jr., 47, of St. Joseph, Mo., will receive the gift of a kidney from his sister, Yolanda (Williams) Samuel, 40, of Greenville, S.C. The transplant will take place at the…

The Whisnants will bring their southern gospel music to the Bowlus Fine Arts Center Saturday. The concert, sponsored by the Southeast Kansas Christian Artist Series, features the popular Morgantown, N.C.-based group. The Whisnants have been…

  Miranda Myer made a bit of local aviation history over the weekend at Allen County Airport. Myer, 16, a sophomore at Humboldt High School, became perhaps the youngest pilot to ever take off and…

Krista Carie Bruner Grogg, 35, of Yates Center died Monday, April 5, 2010, from injuries she received in an automobile accident north of Yates Center.She was born Nov. 10, 1974, in Iola, the daughter of…

Our laws no longer shelter us from gambling . . . they only isolate us from its revenue.For the past several years the pari-mutuel horse and greyhound racing industries have supported a change in our…

On March 30, there was a special board meeting in the high school library to discuss administrative contracts. The room was packed with concerned parents/citizens for the administrative positions the board must make decisions on.…

While debate raged over the public option (which was defeated) and taxpayer-supported abortion (never saw the light of day), dozens of pages were added to the massive bill designed to keep Americans healthier. Here are…

LYNDON — Crest High’s track teams competed in last Thursday’s Lyndon In-vitational.Kurston Gilliland finished second in the discus with a throw of 94 feet, 9 inches. She was third in the shot put at 30’111⁄2”.In…