Donning a black suit and carrying an overstuffed backpack Jester Jersey walked his way into Iola Monday afternoon.Jersey, a 28-year-old Davis, Calif., Kiwanis member, is walking across the United States on behalf of Kiwanis International…

Herff Jones, LLC is closing its Iola manufacturing facility Oct. 1, likely leaving 80 or so employees out of a job.The pending closure was announced Tuesday in a press release, where company officials said Herff…

Joey Lane Foster, 48, Iola, passed away on Monday, July 6, 2015.Cremation has taken place.Memorial services will be at 2 p.m., Saturday at the First Presbyterian Church. The Rev. Maureen Olson will officiate the service.

In my run-down, no-good, paint-peeled 2004 Chevrolet Cavalier, I slumped behind the wheel in a safari outfit.This is how I earned a paycheck.In between spring and fall sessions at the University of Florida, I traveled…

A higher sales tax rate approved by state lawmakers — a centerpiece to balancing the state’s budget — brings Iola’s combined rate to 8.75 percent.The higher tax rate went into effect Wednesday.The state’s tax rate…

MORAN — Discussion on whether to raise electric rates reached no conclusion at Monday night’s meeting of Moran City Council.The city purchases power from Westar and then distributes it to residents. Income over the years…

Last week state officials gave the go-ahead to issue $1 billion in bonds in an effort to boost the state’s pension program.The hope is that the state will earn more in investments than what it…

Charles H. “Chuck” Sater, 65, Iola, died Sunday, July 5, 2015, at Allen County Regional Hospital in Iola.Cremation has taken place and a memorial service will be at a later date. Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Memorial…

David L. Hill Jr., RET. SFC, Garnett, 86, who was a great patriot and lover of his country, passed away on Saturday, July 4, 2015, at Golden Heights, Garnett.David was born Nov. 8, 1928, at…

In the movie “The Departed,” Jack Nicholson as Irish mob boss Frank Costello says, “I don’t want to be a product of the environment, I want the environment to be a product of me.”Doug Kerr,…