Thomas E. “Tom” Cellers, Sr., 94, Iola, passed away Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017, in Iola following a brief illness.Tom was born April 23, 1923, in Lebo, to Everett and Nola (Doherty) Cellers.He married Ethel Castle…

A packed house filled the Bowlus Fine Arts Center for McKinley Elementary School’s winter program. At top, a gaggle of kindergartners create antlers with their hands as they belt out a holiday song. At lower…

Patriots stretching from Kansas City, Mo., to Independence greeted Patriot Guard riders escorting the remains of World War II veteran and Independence native Sam Kourkos on Friday. Kourkos, a Marine Corps reservist, died Nov. 21,…

“It’s what non-car people don’t get. They see all cars as just tons of wires, glass, metal, rubber. That’s all they see. People like you and I know, we have an unshakable belief that cars…

Iola’s G&W Foods grocery store may be the chain’s most architecturally expressive — “our Taj Mahal,” Chris O’Hara, company general manager, called it — but “we’re just down-to-earth, shaking-hands and kissing-babies kind of people.”O’Hara and…

When the Mustangs look good, they look really good. Nearly unstoppable.  Such was the case the majority of Monday’s opening round game of the Ike Cearfoss Preseason tournament versus host Central Heights and again through…

The Fillie basketball team knew it was in for an uphill struggle when it found out that lone returning starter and senior point guard Colbi Riley would be out with a knee injury suffered in…

Shots just weren’t falling for either the Allen County men or women Wednesday night as they both fell on the road to Seward County. The men fall to 4-8 and 2-6 in conference play while…

Several youngsters of all ages participated this week in the second annual Reindeer Games Coding Seminar, sponsored by the ANW Special Education Cooperative. The activity was opened to gifted students throughout the cooperative, including Iola,…

Come meet Quackers, a jolly old duck, Saturday afternoon, part of Iola’s ongoing downtown holiday celebration.Quackers is one of the puppets featured by Cindy Lucas and Jessica Qualls of Around The Corner Coffee Shop, 110…