With the primary campaign season upon us, it’s a good time to review the recent Kansas legislative session to see how you think your elected officials fared. As voters, it is our privilege to reward…

By SCOTT L. STEWART HUMBOLDT — Beginning this season, promoters Ryan and Rhenda Whitworth instituted a policy where, if any person, group or sponsor wants to add money to the purse of any class, the…

OTTAWA — Iola AA American Legion Post 15 swept the competition in the Ottawa Wood Bat Tournament this weekend, winning all three games. Iola beat Silver Lake 2-1 in the first game of the tournament…

South of Moran on his family’s farm Trent Johnson stands in front of two steers. A smile comes across his face as he explains his daily duties with the cattle. Beef production is a family…

There are many paths one must choose throughout their life. Sometimes the paths we choose are not the ones we end up taking. As one young Iola woman recently learned, sometimes God chooses a completely…

A 10-day journey to Israel in late May was filled with awe and emotion for Larry and Shirley Robertson, Gas. “It was the trip of a lifetime to go where Christianity started and walk where…

I t had been a difficult pregnancy, marked by periodic bouts of heavy, unexplained bleeding. At 22 weeks and one day, Keely Harles began to have contractions and was rushed to Overland Park Regional Medical…

  Allen County bicyclists have banded together for the National Bike Challenge, raking up over a combined 5,000 miles through May to become the 88th ranked community in the country. “At the most basic level…

The decorated high school careers of Iola High standouts Trent Latta and Derrick Weir culminated this week with honors as all-league and all-state performers on the diamond. Both were named to the first team All-Pioneer…

In the fall of 1941, Vic Perkins noticed a cute girl at Iola High School. Both were sophomores and before long he asked for a date. “You know,” said Vic, 88, “she’s still cute,” a…