Joe FrancisAs part of his volunteer work for CASA, Joe Francis often spends time at a child’s school. His research process includes watching a child in the classroom. On one case, he observed a child…

A variety show with 25 acts including dancers, singers, silk ribbon aerialists, tumblers, bands, comedy and more returns to Iola this weekend for the third annual Bright Lights — Big Hearts Talent Showcase. The performance,…

Court Appointed Special Advocate.The formal sounding name doesn’t adequately define CASA, volunteer Joe Francis said. It doesn’t tell you what it means to help children who have been taken out of their homes, to give…

Yates Center teams continued their late-season success on Friday when both teams hosted and beat Erie.The boys move to 15-2 and the girls are 13-4. Both teams are riding six-game win streaks.The Lady Cats won…

The Red Devil baseball team opened their season last Thursday and Friday and came away with three wins and a loss in a four-game series with Southwestern Community College.Allen County lost game one 12-2, the…

Allen County men and women’s struggles continued on Saturday when both teams dropped home games versus Seward County.Both teams drop to 6-19 and 4-17 in Jayhawk Conference play. The loss is the fifth-straight for the…

  Floyd and Shirley Scheer celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary Sunday with family.  Lisa Ann Maloney made the cake.   The couple were married Jan. 21, 1953, at the courthouse in Iola.

Dear Editor: I take exception to the to the editorial by Susan Lynn Thursday (“Gun safety should be taught in schools, but not by the NRA.”) She said “The purpose of the NRA is to…

A thin layer of crisp snow crunched under the hooves of a number of deer I noticed along the road to Iola Monday evening, all on missions to find soybeans or corn left from fall’s…

Kansas weather — it’s minus-2 one day and 60 degrees the next.  We really never know what to expect. But here is one thing that you can count on. In a few weeks it will…