HUMBOLDT — A 10-day layoff did little to slow the Humboldt High softball machine Friday.The Lady Cubs made quick work of visiting Neodesha High in a doubleheader romp, winning 17-1 and 14-0.The victories, in Humboldt’s…

HUMBOLDT — Humboldt High’s baseball squad was strong early, late and everywhere in between Friday.The Cubs, playing their first games in 10 days due to weather, thumped visiting Neodesha High, 13-3 and 11-1.“It was nice…

INDEPENDENCE — Schedule conflicts and nagging injuries held down the numbers Friday for Iola High’s boys.But even with smaller numbers, coupled with cool, and occasionally windy, conditions Iola still had several standouts.The Mustangs were buoyed…

INDEPENDENCE — Abigail Taylor is making the remarkable seem routine.The Iola High freshman already has earned several top awards on the track for her distance running.She outdid herself Friday, earning two gold medals and narrowly…

Dear editor,Liz Cox is Iola’s bicycle ambassador. Liz is a one-person bicycle touring missionary.Last year a man from Germany was having bike trouble. Liz asked is she could help and he said some part was…

Loren Korte, an agent with Personal Service Insurance, gave Allen Community College trustees his “two cents” on the future of the college’s insurance policy.ACC President John Masterson said the college had been in contact with…

Delivery of 280 wheelchairs to Guanajuato, Mexico, with the majority going to patients at a children’s rehabilitation center, drew a reception that “made us feel like rock stars,” Brenda Nelson told Iola Rotarians Thursday.Nelson and…

Larry Dean Stalnaker, 75, Iola, passed away Wednesday, April 10, 2013, at home following a long battle with cancer.Larry was born Oct. 4, 1937, in Iola. He was the son of Elwyn Dale Stalnaker and…

Clinton Lee Boyd, 78, Iola, passed away Thursday, April 11, 2013, at Asbury Park Health Care in Newton.Clinton was born Oct. 7, 1934, in Gas, the son of Clinton Pruitt and Sylva Louise (McClure) Boyd.…

Dear editor, I would like to present a different perspective from a couple of articles you have written recently. I hope the time still exists in Iola whereby different ideas are welcome in the public…