CHANUTE — High school tennis seasons are so short. Coaches have very few practices to evaluate players before the opening matches.Iola High’s Fillies flipped the lid off the 2012 tennis season Thursday. Head coach Jennifer…

Iola High’s Mustangs trotted out the new offensive and defensive looks for 2012 for fans at the annual Blue-Gold scrimmage Thursday at Riverside Park. With a new head coach and assistant coaches, the team has…

The distance between Iola and Derby might be only 105 miles, but for Doug Kerr, Iola High School strength coach and head football coach, the distance he has covered is so much more than that. After…

MORAN — With the drought continuing, Moran has installed water restrictions under the second stage of its water conservation plan.The goal is to reduce peak demand by 20 percent and weekly consumption by 10 percent.Restrictions…

Jeff Richards’ commute to work each day consists of walking to his garage.That’s when the fun begins.Large sheets of metal adorn one wall, assorted pieces of metalworks — some finished, others nearly so — are…

Pale brown grass crunches under foot. With a slight gust of wind dead leaves blow across the square. Flowers have turned into dust from day after day of dry heat. These are the sights and…

Nearly 6,000 acres of land burned Thursday in a pair of mammoth grass fires that kept firefighters and other volunteers scrambling for hours to save several homes in harm’s way.Two vacated structures did burn, one…

Former Iolan Elizabeth Ann (Womack) Murray, 77, Kansas City, Kan., Kansas died Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2012.   Visitation is this evening from 5 to 8 o’clock at the Joseph A. Butler & Son Funeral Home,…

On Tuesday the Republican platform committee adopted an anti-abortion plank that allowed no exception for rape, incest or health of the woman. That same day, Rep. Todd Akin of Missouri, who agrees with the party…

MORAN — Marmaton Valley High School’s annual football intrasquad scrimmage is Saturday. The Wildcat Gatorade Scrimmage starts at 7 p.m. at the school football field. Admission is a bottle of Gatorade or sports drink.