When Mustang head basketball coach Jay Applegate resigned last Monday, it didn’t take Iola long to lock in a successor.By Friday, assistant coach Luke Bycroft had been offered the job and accepted. For Bycroft, the…

Interment for Thelma Foster Martin, who died in January, will be at 10 a.m. Sunday at the Moran Cemetery.

Cecil Eugene Brown, 90, of Higginsville, Mo., formerly of Kansas City, Mo., passed away Sunday, May 14, 2017, at the Meyer Care Center in Higginsville.Cecil was born on July 10,1926, in Mildred, the son of…

HUMBOLDT — USD 258 school board members voted unanimously Monday to add 15 minutes per day to the school calendar, and to add a new English teacher to their faculty list.Beginning this fall, school will…

USD 257’s standout summer food service program — which now includes the popular roving “chow bus,” M.A.R.V. — returns May 30. The program has added three new sites to its roster, which now includes —…

The city’s purchasing policy often has Iola City Council members weighing supporting local businesses versus giving taxpayers the biggest bang for their buck.On Monday, the Council discussed revising the purchasing policy, at the behest of…

A normally routine matter — disbursing tourism and convention funds — turned into a discussion about how Iola is supporting the Bowlus Fine Arts Center.City Council members approved Monday doling out a combined $62,500 to…

WINCHESTER — Wildcat freshman Bailey Griffith capped off her stellar first season on the varsity level with a pair of bids to the state meet.Griffith jumped 17’2” in the long jump to place second in…

BURLINGTON — Sophomore Camryn Strickler and junior Caleb Stephens will each compete in two events at this weekend’s state track and field meet at Wichita State University.  Strickler won at regionals with a 51.51 in…

HERRINGTON — The Yates Center boys will have a full slate on the track in Wichita on Friday and Saturday after qualifying for the state meet in every running event except the 4×400 relay.Sophomore Hadley…