About 90 Iola fifth-graders were given a different take on their ABCs Tuesday evening.“Attitude, behavior and character are the ABCs of success,” said Dan Meers, who has been the Kansas City Chiefs’ mascot, K.C. Wolf,…

Iola won’t have the only competitive races when Allen Countians head to the polls April 5, with several city and school board races to be decided.Voters in USD 257 will decide between Mark Burris and…

Iolans David French and Kendall Callahan completed the roster of hopefuls seeking seats on the new Iola City Council to be seated in April.French, seeking a seat in Ward 4, and Callahan, a Ward 2…

Mary Belle Lindaman Miller, 73, of Des Moines, Iowa, died Saturday, Jan. 22, 2011, from accident injuries suffered in her home.  She was born Oct. 30, 1937 in Iola to Herman and Dorothy Kramer. She…

Betty J. Karr, 84, of LaHarpe died Monday, Jan. 24, 2011, at Moran Manor.She was born Sept. 12, 1926, in Colony, to Lynn C. and Helen M. (Wilcott) Hambrick.On Feb. 20, 1946, she married Ray…

Dustin O’Connor and Tracy Jones, Ottawa, announce the birth of a son, Skylar William, born Jan. 21, 2011, at Allen County Hospital. He weighed 7 pounds, 10.4 ounces and was 19 inches long. He joins…

Iola Middle School’s seventh-grade Ponies captured first place in their round-robin portion of Saturday’s IMS 7th Grade Pony Stampede.With Iola, Pittsburg and Parsons all finishing 1-1, it went to a tie-breaker. The Ponies took first…

CHEROKEE — Marmaton Valley High’s Wildcat boys rallied to edge Frontenac High’s Raiders 51-49 to win the Southeast High Lancer Classic’s seventh-place game Saturday.Marmaton Valley’s Wildcat girls weren’t as fortunate. They went up against a…

Allen County Community College suspended Red Devil women’s head basketball coach Marcus Hicks for the remainder of the season.The college announced the suspension, effective immediately, in an e-mail Monday afternoon. Assistant coach Sacha Santinmano assumes…

EUREKA — Iola High’s Marcus Sullivan cruised to a gold medal at the 2011 Eureka High Invitational wrestling tournament Saturday.Sullivan, a senior, was the 160-pound class champion. He opened with a 16-0 decision over Matt…