CHANUTE — Marmaton Valley High senior Cheyanne Miller sets out to pursue her volleyball career at the college level. Miller recently signed a letter of intent to play volleyball at Neosho County Community College in…

Iola’s new eight-member city council, which will be chosen in the April 5 city elections, will feature two representatives from each of the city’s four voting wards.Today’s article —  the last in a series —…

  Steve FrenchSteve French grew up in Allen County, lived in Topeka for 18 years and returned to the Iola area six years ago. He works for the Kansas Board of Healing Arts as a…

Former Bronson resident Elbert Hayes, 97, of Ontario, Calif., died Wednesday, March 23, 2011, at Kindred Hospital in Ontario.Information about his life and funeral arrangements will be published when provided by Feuerborn Family Funeral Service…

Juanita “Ardell” Boyer, 95, died Wednesday, March 9, 2011. She had been an energetic and active 14-year resident of Lake County, Fla.Juanita Ardell Wolford Boyer was born in 1916 to Sadie and John LeRoy Wolford…

Dorothy (Leach) Ware, 92, of Lebanon, N.H., died Friday, March 18, 2011, at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon.  Survivors include her daughter, Patricia W. Schumacher, Hanover, N.H.; her son-in-law, Wayne Ryherd, Iola, and five…

Mark Twain started to write his autobiography many times but gave it up as a task probably impossible but certainly unrewarding. Many of those efforts were tossed in the trash. But others were kept and…

Iola’s new eight-member city council, which will be chosen in the April 5 city elections, will feature two representatives from each of the city’s four voting wards.Today’s article focuses on Ward 3, representing the southwest…

Donald BeckerDonald Becker is a Hoisington native, who moved to Iola in 1994 after retiring from a 35-year career in the oil refining industry.He is a six-year member of the Iola Planning Commission and a…

Abby Works, a senior at Iola High School, is coordinating a “Go Dark” celebration Saturday in recognition of Earth Hour. Earth Hour is a world-wide event where for one hour, on one day, one time…