Arrests reported Iola police officers arrested Richard E. Goodman, 48, Moran, Wednesday morning for a warrant out of Bourbon County during a traffic stop in the 1000 block of East Street.   Items stolen William…

PARADISE, Calif. (AP) — There’s a sweet legend about this town: On a blazing summer day in the 1850s, a lumber mill crew with wagon and ox took a break under a grove of tall…

Vada Snodgrass had a wonderful life as a child in south Iola, “better than I realized at the time,” as the Great Depression gave way to World War II and beyond. In those days Iola…

As the March 29 deadline nears for Great Britain and the European Union to agree on how the former will extricate itself, I feel increasingly sorry for Theresa May, who by virtue of being prime…

By this time next week, the Iola and Humboldt town squares will be lit up for the holidays. Toy collecting and preparations for Santa’s Toy Shop are well underway. KwiKom Communications has donated the use…

Dear editor, I came into adulthood in 1952 at which time I was selected to represent my country by going to Korea, not to represent my party. In the ’50s and ’60s I do not…

Iolans Rex and Loretta Ellis will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with a reception from 2 to 4 p.m. Nov. 24 at the John Silas Bass North Community Building. Rex Ellis, son of the late…

Myrna Wildschuetz played  a medley of Mosie Lister songs for the prelude at Sunday’s Carlyle Presbyterian Church service. Veterans attending were honored, as were others who served. Pastor Steve Traw’s message — the third in…

I received a letter from an old … I mean “former”… colleague that bears sharing: “Now that Thanksgiving is around the corner I am reviewing all my many recipes. I note that brining became popular…

With the football season just a week away from wrapping up, leagues are beginning to release their All-League honors. Earlier this week, five different Marmaton Valley football players were named All-Three Rivers League including two…