Kenneth Winn and Betty Stourd were married June 21, 1947, at Seaman Community Church in Topeka. Kenneth served in the Navy during World War II. Shortly after they married, the Winns moved from Topeka to…

I’m frequently greeted with “So, how long can you stay in business,” making me feel like the wife who doesn’t know she has a cheating husband. Yes, the newspaper industry is hurting. This is not…

Ian McIntosh, grandson of Iola’s Gary and Barbara McIntosh, has been invited to the Blue-Grey National Super Combine June 23 in Canton, Ohio. McIntosh will be a senior running back for Rockwood Summit High School…

CHANUTE — After losing their first two games in the Chanute 12-and-under softball tournament, the SEK Invaders went on a four-game winning streak. That put the Invaders in the championship game against the Indy Diamonds.…

The U.S. Naval Academy does play home football games at Annapolis, Md. Wording was changed in a story on Iolan Joel Tidd, who is a first-class Midshipman at Navy and in its Drum and Bugle…

OSAWATOMIE — Good pitching can stop good hitting. Iola American Legion’s AA Indians had good pitching in both of Thursday night’s games. The three pitchers who threw allowed just six hits in the two games…

Hard-charging action in Iola Pigtail League softball play Thursday at Riverside Park. A&W Family Restaurant’s Jaden Channel charges to field the softball while Utley’s Iola Auto Body’s Annika Hobbs runs to third base. Utley’s beat…

Wind accompanying a thunderstorm that darted through Iola in the wee hours Friday morning toppled a large tree onto Family Solutions Counseling Center, 219 N. Jefferson Ave. Jonelle Leslie noticed the tree sprawled across the…

Heavy trucks again have free rein to cross a railroad overpass along U.S. 54 between Iola and Yates Center. Work to reinforce the overpass, which crosses the Union Pacific Railroad corridor about 1½ miles east…

A thunderstorm early Friday morning gave Iola a sip of moisture, at two-tenths of an inch. That isn’t good, nor is the weather pattern of this summer. While every little bit helps, the meager rainfall…