Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Memorial Chapel, one of Iola’s benchmark businesses for nearly a century, is growing.Funeral director Dave Yokum announced Thursday the addition of Audrey George and Bryce Gorrell, bringing the funeral home’s staff to…

COLONY — After Crest High’s Lancers picked up one of their most dramatic victories in years Tuesday — a double-overtime win against Northeast after making up a 13-point, fourth-quarter deficit — head coach Travis Hermreck…

Not long after the opening tip off, Iola found itself in a quick 4-0 hole to Osawatomie at home on Friday.And that about sums up everything positive on the Trojans’ end for the night. From…

At times, the Mustangs have strung together a decent quarter here and there. Sometimes they can stretch that into two quarters.And every once in a while — like on Friday night against Osawatomie — Iola…

COLBY — It took 55 long days.Thanksgiving came and went. So did Christmas. And so did New Year’s.But on Wednesday, the Allen Community College women’s basketball team finally broke its nine-game losing streak with a…

Justin Jay,  Humboldt, took first place in the 130-pound weight class division of the Kansas Open USA Powerlifting Meet on Dec. 5 in Wichita.The 19-year-old Humboldt High graduate earned personal records in the meet’s three…

Two families will bring their gospel talents Saturday to the Bowlus Fine Arts Center.The Whisnants, whose roots in gospel music date back to sitting around an old upright piano in their Appalachian home in North…

A heavy blanket of snow lay across the fields in rural Iola Wednesday morning. Not long after 7 a.m. David Greathouse emerged from his isolated farmhouse southwest of town to see two columns of smoke…

GARNETT — Iola High’s boys started 2016 on a high note, at least for a while.The Mustangs were active on defense, smart on offense, and had host Anderson County on its heels late in the…

GARNETT — For everything that went right for Iola High’s girls in the third quarter, the opposite held true in the fourth.The Fillies had utilized a stifling defense and attacking offense to forge ahead by…