BERLIN (AP) — Tens of millions of people hunkered down in government-ordered isolation today as borders slammed shut, schools and businesses closed and increasingly drastic restrictions on movement took effect. Others were scrambling to get…

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A growing number of governors ordered a partial shutdown of their state economies Monday to limit the spread of the coronavirus, mandating that certain retailers cutoff sales, restaurants kick out…

The Iola United Methodist Women covered several topics at their Feb. 27 meeting. Thank you notes were read for funeral dinners prepared by UMW. Pastor Jocelyn Tupper shared several items from the Prayer Calendar such…

Harvey Alan Foster, age 58, formerly of Iola, died Feb. 15, 2020, at the V.A. Medical Center in Topeka. He was born March 28, 1961, in Iola, to Benjamin T. and Laura P. Foster, Sr.…

LaFaun “Mom” Cranor, age 91, of Iola, passed away Sunday, March 15, 2020, at Windsor Place of Iola, in Iola.  LaFaun was born Nov. 23, 1928, to John and Zona Yehle in Hutchinson. She graduated…

Members from eight chapters of the Daughters of the American Revolution gathered in Iola Saturday to assemble table decorations for the State Conference next month. Chapters represented were: Where The Trail Divides, Oceanus Hopkins, Council…

Election officials in an Illinois county are encouraging poll workers to use blue painter’s tape to mark the floor every 6 feet so voters can keep their distance while waiting in line because of the…

Dear Carolyn: A friend I have known since middle school is expecting her first baby. After talking with a few of our close mutual friends, it seems as though the responsibility of her baby shower…

All “non-essential” businesses in Allen, Anderson, Bourbon and Woodson counties were advised to close their doors beginning Tuesday morning to help curtail the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus that is sweeping the nation. Rebecca Johnson,…

The mercury dipped to six degrees above zero for the second time within a week here last night to set another late March low temperature reading. **** Iola’s “T-Men,” a volunteer group of local traffic…