A number of celebrations will fill the sky with colorful explosions over the holiday weekend.There’s plenty on the ground to keep folks occupied as well.The Iola Elks will celebrate Independence Day on Monday with a…

Dear Editor,   Much is being written each day about the quality and cost of our health care system. Figures and comparisons are made to our cost vs. other countries. Still no one is asking…

Right next door, in Linn County near Mound City, Sheriff Barry Walker and helpers destroyed more than $100,000 worth of marijuana Monday. It was being grown in a wooded area in 10 separate garden plots,…

Allen County Country Club held its annual member-guest charity golf tournament, June 3-5, raising funds for local charities and the Wounded Warrior Project.There were 90 golfers in the three-day event. The Iola National Guard unit…

Iola High basketball players attended and played in two team camps this summer.Two weekends ago, seven IHS players under the direction of Mustang head coach Bill Peeper went 5-4 at the Oklahoma State University team…

Iola American Legion Post 15’s A Indians have lost  six of their last seven games.On Wednesday Iola was at Baldwin and dropped 12-11 and 13-3 decisions.The A Indians came from behind twice to tie the…

On a wild pitch, Drew Walden darted home from third base. When Walden stepped on home plate and the umpire called “game,” it had been just 53 minutes since the first pitch of the game.Iola…

July 4, 1940, was a hot day on her family’s farm near Altoona, recalled Ruby Owens.She remembers the day vividly not because of the holiday but because it was the day she eloped with Clarence…

Who wouldn’t leap at the opportunity to invest $60,000 for a return of $3 million?“That’s what we got with a new industry,” said Joe Albrecht, of economic development efforts in Cookeville, Tenn. The industry, with…

Iola Mayor Bill Shirley remembered the city’s decision 4 1/2 years ago to hire Van Scoyoc Associates, a Washington, D.C., lobbying firm.“We said we’d stick with them as long as we got results,” said Shirley,…