EMPORIA — As they’ve done all season, Iola High’s golf team stayed out of trouble more than its challengers Monday to finish at the top of the leader board. Junior Shane Walden recorded the top…

GARNETT — Iola High School’s bus sat parked behind the outfield wall of Garnett High School’s softball field after the Fillies lost 9-1 to Burlington in the Class 4A Regional tournament. None of the Fillies’…

Esther M. (Hitchcock) Lovelace, 99, formerly of Yates Center, passed away at Windsor Place in Iola on Saturday, May 17, 2014. Esther was born Jan. 15, 1915, in Iola, to Harvey F. and Alma (Manley)…

Women are poor advocates for themselves, according to two high-powered women in the recent edition of The Atlantic magazine. In general, we tend to underestimate our abilities and give an even worse impression to others.…

Tears of joy and celebratory fist pumps dotted the scene during the Allen Community College GED graduation ceremony Monday night. Sixteen graduates received their GED diplomas. Lorena Gonzalez had the honor of giving the student…

LAHARPE — A house is much like a person, Harry Lee Jr. noted Monday. “They both start out young and vibrant, but as they get older, they both eventually are in need of repair,” he…

Julie Strickler has a youthful face and energetic voice that would never suggest she is about to retire after 31 years of teaching. On Monday, she sat in her empty 5th grade classroom at Jefferson…

HUMBOLDT — “She’s our miracle girl,” Lacy Dillow said Monday afternoon of her and husband Brian’s daughter Gracie. A year ago this afternoon Gracie, now 7, and sister Morgan, 5, along with their mother, were…

  Charles William “Bill” Rhoton, 78, a resident of rural Bronson, went to his final home, Thursday, May 15, 2014. He was born June 26, 1935, at the family home near Bronson, to William Eli…

Florine Oliver, former Iolan, passed away peacefully surrounded by family at her home in Satellite Beach, Fla., Thursday, May 15, 2014. She was born on July 23, 1937, in Orange, Calif., to Floyd and Zenobia…