Chetopa  — Crest High’s Lancers fell to 1-4 on the season after a 78-58 loss Friday night to the Chetopa High Hornets.“Our kids competed and played hard but they just have to be able to…

UNIONTOWN  — Uniontown High’s Eagles are 3-2 on the season after a 42-14 win over the Northeast-Arma Vikings Friday night.Leading the way for the Eagles was quarterback Zach Travis with 101 yards and two touchdowns…

YATES CENTER  — In a battle between wildcats Friday night, the cats from Marmaton Valley High football team came away with its third win of the season.Only needing two quarters to get the job done,…

CHANUTE — For the first five minutes of Friday night’s game, Iola High’s Mustangs were in charge. They executed their game plan, moved the football.When the opening drive stalled, the Iola defense took over. The…

Craig Abbott’s farm northeast of Carlyle was a busy place last Sunday.An event sponsored by the local Upland Pioneers Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Foundation drew 22 youngsters from Iola, Garnett, Yates Center and…

The Legacy Choir will debut next Saturday night at the 19th annual meeting of the Friends of the Bowlus.Rehearsing since July, the choir, organized by Jan Knewtson with encouragement from Bowlus Fine Arts Center Executive…

Iolan Lee Berg, accused of setting a string of grass and hay fires across northern Allen County, was formally charged this week with 21 felony counts of arson.Allen County Attorney Wade Bowie filed the charges…

Iola fireman Gary Kimball showed pictures of the tornado that destroyed a third of Joplin on May 22 to Iola Rotarians Thursday and told of being part of the search and rescue teams that flocked…

At Weeks End   Perception oftentimes is more persuasive than reality.That appears to be the case here and the rest of Allen County when folks rail about the economy being in the tank. It may…

As a last ditch effort to get Allen County schools a share of the $1 million U.S. Cellular is giving away through its “Calling All Communities” contest, Iola High cheerleaders and student council members, and…