An advisory committee’s recommendation for Iola to make better use of its relationship with a D.C. lobbying firm led to a spirited, hour-long discussion about whether the city should continue its contract with Van Scoyoc…

BURLINGTON — With all the gusto of a sputtering jalopy, Saturday’s matchup between the Iola High and Independence High girls saw fouls.Lots of fouls.In between refs’ whistles, Independence found its offense from both the free…

BURLINGTON — It may not go down in the annals as the prettiest win in Iola High boys history, but a sparkling first half was more than enough to help the Mustangs end a seven-game…

EUREKA — Iola High’s Andrew Garber returned to the scene of one of the most pivotal scenes of his high school wrestling career Saturday.It was almost exactly one year ago to the day that Garber…

Thomas Clarence Kress, 82, Yates Center, passed away Friday, Jan. 22, 2016, at Allen County Regional Hospital in Iola.He was born Dec. 29, 1933, in Piqua, one of the seven children of Albert John Kress…

Raymond Alumbaugh’s fellow Boy Scouts will miss him, not only for his dedicating to the Scouting life, but also for his cooking.“Raymond is something of a gourmet cook,” his Scout leader Stacie Sigler explained Sunday,…

I didn’t catch her name. Nor recognize her voice. So when she asked if it was my birthday, I was sure it was a telemarketer.It was only when the word “pen pal” sifted through the…

My latest literary travel has taken me back to my roots. I’ve been reading about noted mathematicians, the likes of Godel, Graham and Erdos, with a helping of physics in Teller and Einstein.While far from…

Dear editor,Rogue economist Harry Dent is predicting a major market crash. He claims the Dow will fall to 6,000 and municipal and state governments will default. Kansas could be one of those to default. Let’s…

Dear editor,Would you please confine your attack on Senator Tyson and Kansas secretary of state Kris Kobach to facts, rather to innuendo and exaggeration. Sen. Tyson talked about illegal “voter fraud” in areas of our…