Month: September 2014

Ron Smail, 60, figures he has a five-year plan leading up to retirement that is both sweet and sour.The sweet comes from tending bees. The sour comes from the occasional sting that comes from disrupting…

Margie Wakefield, candidate for the Kansas 2nd Congressional District seat, was in Iola Thursday as part of her three-day, 18-county tour.Wakefield received a tour of downtown Iola from Iolan Donna Houser. She visited with business…

A ribbon cutting ceremony for the Mothers of Miracles (MOMs) playground at Iola’s Riverside Park will be at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday.The park was opened recently, capping a monthslong process in which a local group of…

Let’s face it, parenting can be tough. Temper tantrums, boo-boos and late night homework can be exhausting and complicate a parent’s best efforts to raise a child.To the rescue is an eight-week parenting course at…

COLONY — A handful of costly mistakes, topped with visiting Uniontown High’s bruising ground game, gave Crest High’s Lancers their first loss of the 2014 season.Uniontown churned out 479 rushing yards (unofficially) in rolling to…

Iola Middle School’s seventh and eighth grade football teams each beat Labette County Junior High teams Thursday.In the seventh grade game, Labette scored in the first quarter off of a pick-six, where the defender returns…

Dear editor,If you vote yes on Nov. 4, 2014, in favor of the new schools the following will happen — Your sales tax will increase one-half percent. This increase would apply, to name a few,…

Gov. Sam Brownback’s campaign sought to shore up rural support this past week with his usual tactic: fear.Brownback and several rural Republican lawmakers announced they were upset that former Sen. John Vratil from Johnson County…

Anna Katharine Jackson, Powell, Wyo., and Andrew John Toland, Powell, Wyo., joined in marriage at 4 p.m. on June 28, 2014 in a meadow at Mooncrest Ranch in Cody, Wyo. The wedding was officiated by…

(Editor’s note: The following, written by Iolan attorney and local historian Clyde Toland, provides details of the successful litigation that resulted in completion of the Bowlus Fine Arts and Cultural Center as directed in the…