HUMBOLDT — USA Pools will manage Humboldt’s swimming pool again this year.  City council members agreed, in a split vote, to USA Pools’ proposal to increase its charge by 3 percent to $47,120. For that…

LE ROY — A fundraiser here Saturday to benefit Brian True and his family brought in $31,000 — with more to come. “We’ve got in donations today and other people have told us they want…

  The quality and function of a building can have a substantial effect on students and faculty. As USD 257 continues its discussion on whether to ask voters to approve a bond issue, it weighs…

There’s always Russell Stover Candies. For those hoping to have homegrown Easter eggs, they won’t be coming from Iola backyards. In a narrow vote, Iola city council members nixed an ordinance Monday night that would…

Storybook weather, with temperatures in the mid 70s, filled the Allen Community College baseball diamond with rich sunshine all afternoon.Val McLean couldn’t have been more miserable.The Red Devil head coach wasn’t in much of a…

Baserunning errors and late pitching lapses did in Allen Community College’s softball team Monday.The Red Devils could not hold a 4-1 lead against visiting North Central Missouri in a 5-4, extra-inning loss in the opener.Then,…

A pep rally and community sendoff is set for Thursday morning for Iola High’s Mustangs upcoming state tournament appearance — the first for the Mustang program since 1983.The festivities kick off at about 9:40 in…

At a time when most mothers-to-be are shopping for infant wear and putting the finishing touches on their new babies’ rooms, Katrina Beatty, pregnant and alone, is in jail. Beatty, 37, was arrested Dec. 11…

“Get what you can, and get out,” was the reader’s advice. “Kansas is becoming the symbol of what’s wrong with our society.” The comment was one of hundreds that ran alongside a story about the…

Robert Guy Olney, Jr., 66, Fort Scott, died Friday, March 7, 2014, at  Landmark Hospital, Joplin, Mo.   Graveside services will be at noon, Tuesday, in Highland Cemetery, Iola. The family will receive friends from…