U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran will address the Iola Rotary Club at noon on Thursday at The New Greenery. The public is invited to attend and participate in a question-and-answer session following Moran’s remarks.

Brian Shields remains at large. He is wanted in the late January murder of a Chanute woman, Cristy Thomas-Wiles, 36.Shields was thought to have been holed up in an apartment here on East Street March…

Vendors are dusting off their recipes and getting back in the kitchen and gardens in preparation for the April 11 opening of the Allen County Farmers Market.The market is in its fourth year. This year…

Editor’s note: The number in parentheses denotes the field number at Iola’s Davis Athletic FieldsPre-K LeagueApril 68:30 a.m. — (3) The Crux vs. Humboldt 18:30 — (4) Johnson Law vs. Briggs Welding9:15 — (3) Johnson…

Pre-K LeagueMae ResourcesCoach Curtis BarnettParker AndresBrianna BarnettMatthew BeckmonBrennon CoffieldGannon HuttonKonner LarneyKenzie NelsonHayden TiceShelby WomelsdorfKolton Northcutt A & B CleaningCoach Crystal JonesDanielle DeerBaylie CrooksEverett GlazeZoe CharleyAlex SmailBryce WaldenHenry WhiteLogan YochamBrayden Lawson The CruxCoach Luke BycroftKyndal BycroftGrady…

ERIE — Marmaton Valley High’s golf team kicked off its season on a cold day at Erie.Four Wildcat golfers shot a combined 436, giving Marmaton Valley eighth out of nine schoolsl.Leading the way for Marmaton…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Allen County Aces, a 16-and-under traveling squad of volleyball players from Iola and surrounding communities swept past all 10 of its opponents to win a tournament in Kansas City Saturday. The wins…

INDEPENDENCE — Iola native Leslie Crane, whose family roots in the coaching profession run deep, has a new job.Crane has been hired as head women’s basketball coach at Independence Community College.She replaces Tony Turner, who…

Larry Reinhart is thankful for Shane Smith as Moran chief of police.About 5 p.m. Saturday Reinhart, 76, rural Moran, tried to drive through water rushing over 5000 Street about a mile south of U.S. 54.…

In the United States the days of polio outbreaks are a thing of the past and reported cases worldwide are down to 200.That largely is due to the efforts of Rotarians, whose international movement spearheaded…