Dear editor,My wife and I thank all the people who did so much work to light up the square. In all the years we have lived here — over 40 — we have never seen…

You have to wonder why some Kansas legislators and leaders are so upset that the state constitution requires them to provide an adequate education for Kansas students.Is it that they want our children to have…

Tina Nicole Rice, daughter of Dennis Rice and stepmother Nancy (Pulley) Rice, passed away Saturday, Dec. 16, 2017, in Clinton, Md. The funeral is Wednesday in Temple Hill, Md.

Jolienne “Jo” Spillman, 94, Fort Scott, passed away Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2017, at Medicalodges of Fort Scott.Evelyn Jolienne Hatcher was born Dec. 14, 1923, in the country near Linden, Texas. Her parents were Oscar and…

The Iola Middle School fifth-grade class visit to McKinley Elementary School Wednesday featured a Christmas theme. At left, kindergartner Ella McRae listens intently as fifth-grader Jada Martin reads “Cookies For Santa.” At right, kindergartner Isabella…

Iola schools present two pressing problems.They are energy hogs, using up funds that could be better applied elsewhere.And they are less-than-desirable — sometimes ghastly — places of learning. That was the gist of Monday night’s…

HUMBOLDT — Lopsided scores can be deceiving. In Tuesday night’s contest between the Humboldt Cubs and Marmaton Valley Wildcats the Cubs seemingly had little trouble coming out on top 63-40. Winning by 20 or more…

HUMBOLDT — Every once in a while, a team’s best performance runs head-on with a team’s worst performance. That is the only way to describe Humboldt’s 69-21 defensive dismantling of Marmaton Valley on Tuesday. The…

More than 400 Allen County residents go without healthcare each day because the state of Kansas has refused to expand Medicaid — but, argues Sheldon Weisgrau, we all pay the price.In recent years, Weisgrau has…

Iola Middle School students (and several teachers) turned ugly into style Tuesday as part of the school’s “Ugly Christmas Sweater Day.” Among the participants were, front row from left, Molly Riebel, Abi Hirt, Macie Hoag,…