OSWEGO — Marmaton Valley Junior High’s boys dropped a pair of basketball games Monday evening.The Wildcat A team fell to Oswego 46-14. Justice Pugh scored 11 points and Ethan Tavarez three for the Wildcats.The Marmaton…

Members of the Allen County Wrestling Club continue to rake in all sorts of hardware for the excellence on the mats.On Saturday, the wrestlers brought home nine first-place finishes, while 15 wrestlers finished in the…

Iola Middle School’s seventh-graders picked up a pair of victories Monday against visiting Independence, while the eighth-graders went 0-2 on the night.The seventh-grade A team downed Independence 22-10, while the B team prevailed 23-9.The A…

Iola Police Chief Jared Warner reported that several counterfeit $20 and $50 bills have been used in area businesses, and urges citizens in the area to keep on the lookout.Three area merchants, who were not…

Moran city council members discussed various topics in Monday night’s meeting, the majority of which concentrated on fundraising for a new public library and the sewer repairs and renovations being done in town.Council members requested…

Walmart donates $86,111 to local community Large corporations oftentimes carry a stigma that local community is low on their priority list. Iola’s Walmart is trying to change that view. For 2012, the Walmart foundation gave…

Richard “Dick” Coykendall, 86, Humboldt, passed away Friday, Jan. 4, 2013, at Midland Care Hospice House in Topeka.Dick was born Aug. 26, 1926, on the family farm south of LaHarpe, the son of John O.…

WELLSVILLE — Iola Middle School’s seventh-grade boys went 2-0 Saturday to win the Wellsville Invitational Tournament.The Pony eighth-graders, meanwhile, went 1-1 to capture third place in their division.The seventh-graders raced to a  23-5 lead over…

Empty possessions down the stretch proved costly for Allen Community College’s men Saturday.Meanwhile, visiting Highland Community College’s Martell Collins drained a tie-breaking three-pointer with 1:25 left in regulation to give the Scotties a 61-58 lead…

Mark James noted Allen Community College’s women didn’t have to play a perfect game to upend undefeated and fourth-ranked Highland Community College Saturday.“But we needed to play better than we did,” James said.The Red Devils…