CHANUTE — It was a tale of two teams in Iola’s AA American Legion’s doubleheader split with Chanute Tuesday night. The first game featured a ferocious offense, while the second game saw the Indian bats…

This year’s Mad Bomber Run will have a few changes, namely to its music lineup. Damaris Kunkler, program director for Thrive Allen County, said that in the past they have paid for outside musical entertainers,…

MORAN — A decrease in assessed valuation led to Moran council members approving an increase in the town’s property tax levy to support its 2015 budget Monday evening. Valuation dropped by more than $55,000, from…

Chad VanHouden, candidate for the Republican nomination for state representative, takes umbrage at a recent mailing by his opponent, incumbent Kent Thompson. “I wouldn’t know the Koch Brothers if we passed in the street. And…

Dear editor, Does Kent Thompson really believe we should call him and thank him for voting against the Affordable Care Act and preventing young people, middle class and sick people from getting health coverage? I…

How not to report.  Assume the facts. In a front page story, of course, I reported a man had died from a fall at Elks Lake during Friday night’s July 4 festivities. The rumor mill…

Evelyn R. Blake Calhoon, 93, Iola, died Sunday, July 6, 2014, at Allen County Regional Hospital. Evelyn was born Nov. 7, 1920, in Liberty, Mo., the daughter of Sterling Orbie and Bertha May (Stockham) Britton.…

Iola High School’s cross country team will begin offseason conditioning workouts at 7 p.m. Thursday at Riverside Park. Athletes should be dressed for running and report to the shelter house near ball diamond number four. …

Iola Middle School’s football camp will run July 14-18, from 8 a.m to 10 p.m. each day on the middle school’s practice field. The camp is open to all incoming middle school students between the…

HUMBOLDT — A long weekend off from practice doomed Iola’s AA American Legion Post 15 baseball team, which split a doubleheader with Burlington Monday night. Another sweep slipped away in the last inning of the…