Jesse Cooper, who delighted audiences for years as a featured performer with South Street Dance Company, is wearing a different hat upon his return.Cooper, 24, brother of South Street founder Tasia Choudhry, has taken over…

Traci Plumlee had the life many dream of. She and her husband, Brian, had a big house in Johnson County; high-paying jobs; top-notch schools for their three children. But the closer their son, Braden, came…

Joe R. Chalker,  77, of Moran died Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011, at his home.He was born Jan. 18, 1934, in Parsons, to Joseph Daniel and Ruby Ingram (Hanna) Chalker. After graduation from Parsons High School…

Verna L. Turner, 61, of LaHarpe died Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011, at her home.Verna was born Feb. 13, 1950, in Iola, to Vernon and Lois (McAtee) McCollam. She grew up traveling with her mother and…

Think about kids –I’m writing in reference to people speeding down the streets in our school zones and elsewhere. School has begun, there are children everywhere. They may not see the vehicles coming and step…

Bernie Koch runs the Kansas Economic Progress Council, which studies the state’s economy and makes proposals to stimulate growth. In a press release Monday, Koch took a look at the effect government austerity was having…

Allen County Community College’s volleyball team had a final tune-up before opening the 2011 season.Last weekend, the Red Devils went 3-1 in scrimmage play hosted by Butler County Community College in El Dorado. Allen County…

Blue and Gold  are the standards for Iola High School. Actually for all USD 257 schools.So game days and nights should be Blue or Gold Days.Iola High is entering its final season of Southeast Kansas…

As the 50-year anniversary nears for the fine arts center in Iola, Bowlus officials have big plans to commemorate the occasion only two years away.Aside from already completed theater sound, rigging and lighting systems upgrades,…

It took more than 120 truckloads to clear away the last of the debris on property that will accommodate extending the Prairie Spirit Trail through Iola.City crews finished the cleanup earlier this month, just in…