Jon Huntsman dropped out of the Republican presidential nomination race Monday and endorsed Mitt Romney, a fellow Mormon. Huntsman was this columnist’s choice among the eight or more who are seeking, or have sought, the…

Tied at halftime, Allen County Community College women’s head coach Mark James thought his team had broken out of a pattern. The Red Devils hadn’t had a 7-10 minute scoring lull in the first half.…

Playing the first three Jayhawk Eastern Division games on the road, Allen County Community College’s Red Devils were happy to be on their home court Saturday. Unfortunately, the Red Devils faced the fifth-ranked Coffeyville Community…

ALTAMONT — Two Iola High junior varsity wrestlers competed in Saturday’s Labette County High JV Takedown Tournament. Jordan Long went 2-3 and Travis Rieske lost all five of his matches. Both wrestled in the 152-pound…

While on the Pittsburg High School football coaching staff this past fall, Robert Shapel was bitten with the football bug again. “I enjoyed coaching at Pittsburg and got to thinking ‘I can do this one…

A group of musicians are certain to jazz up the evening Saturday at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center. Cornet Chop Suey will bring its own tilt to traditional jazz, swing, blues and “big production” numbers…

Former Iola resident Leo T. Folk died in Las Vegas, Nev., after an extended stay in the hospital and a short time under hospice care on Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2012. He was 94. He was…

As Congress returns to Washington after the holiday break its members must pick up where they left off by extending the Social Security tax cut and providing unemployment payments to the long-term unemployed for the…

Iola firefighters were able to extinguish a potential fire at the home of Iolan Ben Culbertson Saturday night. Firefighters were called to Culbertson’s home after smoke was seen coming from a second-story bedroom. The smoke…

Neal Washington of Lawton, Okla., son of Iolans Helen and Spencer Ambler, will be the guest speaker at 7 o’clock tonight at Ward Chapel A.M.E. Church’s Martin Luther King Jr. celebration. Washington is director of…