Wednesday will be Clara Wicoff Day in Iola, recognizing the 14-year-old’s spelling prowess. Wicoff, an eighth-grader at Iola Middle School, is the three-time defending state spelling champion. She will represent Kansas at the Scripps-Howard National…

Some current and former Iola city employees will soon pay substantially more for health insurance. A divided City Council approved Monday the rate hike, citing discrepancies in what employees and retirees have paid, and what…

Marjorie (Laude) Peck of Yates Center went to be with her Lord and Savior on Friday, March 23, 2012. She was 93. Marjorie was born Dec. 27, 1918 in rural Rose, the daughter of Herbert…

Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt is going to Washington to sit in on the arguments being made in the Supreme Court for and against the Affordable Health Care Act. Schmidt is one of 26 Republican…

The Etch-a-Sketch brouhaha is a crock. When a high-level aide of Mitt Romney said the candidate would start his campaign over after being nominated and compared the change to shaking up an Etch-a-Sketch toy to…

TOPEKA — Allen County Kids Wrestling Club’s season came to an end Sunday. Four wrestlers qualified for the 2012 Kansas Kids Wrestling State Tournament but none came away with a state medal. Seth Sanford went…

HUMBOLDT — It’s back, and they will be too. Ron and Rhenda Whitworth and their crew set out a couple of years ago to bring a “big” racing event to Humboldt Speedway. They did it…

Community Blood Center’s blood drive will be in Iola from noon to 6 p.m. Wednesday at the North Community Building, 505 N. Buckeye. Community Blood Center services Allen County Hospital’s blood supply. One donation can…

MORAN — Bill McAdam joined a select circle Saturday when he became the eighth 60-year member of Jones-Hardy American Legion Post 385 here.  “It’s quite an accomplishment,” said Gene Gardner, post commander, in a brief…

Beverly J. Taylor-Middleton, 74, of Iola died Thursday, March 22, 2012, at Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice in Wichita. Beverly was born May 28, 1937, in Adrian, Minn., the daughter of Raymond and Iva (Baumann) Lawrence.…