Pioneer League volleyball honors were announced last week and Fillie junior Piper Moore found herself named to the 2017 All-Pioneer League second team for the third season in a row.  Moore was the only Iola…

Ball security was key at Iola Middle School on Monday as the Pony girls won just one out of four games versus Burlington.  Out of the four games, two saw the Ponies minimize their turnovers…

It’s a fair warning in the world of technology to never get comfortable with a certain product or program because in the blink of an eye it will be obsolete. Nowhere has this been more…

Jerry L. Ward, 73, Moran, passed away Sunday, Nov. 5, 2017, at Allen County Regional Hospital in Iola due to complications of cancer combined with a car accident. He was born Dec. 4, 1943, in…

Chris Becannon of Custom Borders, LaHarpe, smooths over a freshly poured concrete curb in front of the Allen County Courthouse clock Saturday in downtown Iola. The curb was approved by Allen County Commissioners to accentuate…

MORAN — Moran would have spent roughly 38 percent less in wholesale electricity costs had it been a part of a consortium of municipalities that act as a single buyer. So says Sam Mills and…

A local effort is afoot to turn downtown Iola into a spectacle of lights for the holidays. A group of about 10 volunteers spent several hours Saturday hanging lights to the tops of buildings surrounding…

It’s unsettling when a Kansas lawmaker wants to weaken, not strengthen, the word of the law. That’s the goal of Rep. Ron Ryckman, R-Olathe, in an effort to weasel out of the state’s obligation to…

Iola native Carol Ann Moore Wade, 73, a retired nurse and avid Mickey Mouse and KU basketball fan, died unexpectedly with her son and daughter-in-law by her side at her home in rural Lawrence, on…

Tuesday’s city and school elections are historic in more ways than one, Allen County Clerk Sherrie Riebel notes.For starters, this year marks the first-ever fall city and school elections in Kansas, part of a recent…