Iola High’s Fillies were overpowered by Labette County High’s Grizzlies Tuesday in the 2012 softball season opener. Labette County’s Allie Reynolds allowed just two singles by the Fillies in the two Southeast Kansas League games.…

Opening at home in Riverside Park, Iola High’s Mustangs gave their fans exactly what they wanted and expected — two victories. The Mustangs began their 2012 baseball season with a two-game sweep of visiting Labette…

True to his word that those who pray eat first, the Rev. Gene McIntosh, left, and Arvin Clemans led off this morning’s Lenten breakfast at Calvary United Methodist Church. The final breakfast of the Lenten…

Allen County Crime Stoppers is spotlighting three crimes this week the organization hopes to solve. Sometime between 10:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. March 10, somebody stole a chip warmer behind El Charro Restaurant in downtown…

Ideas for sprucing up lawns and gardens will be aplenty at this weekend’s Chamber EXPO. Because most require some investment, area banks and insurance companies will be on hand to help folks make and protect…

Rob Francis filed for re-election to position No. 2 on the Allen County Commission minutes before Tuesday morning’s commission meeting began. Francis, a Republican, is completing his first four-year term. The deadline to file is…

“Born and bred” Iolan Craig Abbott told Allen County Hospital trustees he is concerned the county will not be able to afford a new hospital. Abbott, a former Iola commissioner and owner of Sonic Drive-Ins,…

On Monday afternoon, sweet old-time melodies filed the dining hall at Fountain Villa as the Christian Strings strummed their mountain dulcimers and plucked the strings of a viola. Group members Carol Paddock, Dee Kieffaber, Regina…

Ken Hunt, human resources manager for the city of Iola, was fired Tuesday, apparently from fallout with the city’s ongoing health insurance controversy. Mayor Bill Shirley announced the firing following a private meeting with Hunt…

Erma Josephine Hixon Nichols, “Jody,” of Elizabethton, Tenn., died Sunday, March 25, 2012, at her residence.   She was born March 26, 1930, the daughter of Clarence Irvin and Pearl Mae Hixon in Iola.  …