Dear editor, In his two terms in Congress, Rep. Roger Marshall has shown a pattern of putting Kansas second to partisan politics. While he claims to be “fighting for Kansas values,” he’s simultaneously accepting six-figure…

Dear editor, This election is one of the most important elections in American history. We are in need of a strong, bold leader who will bring us together and work to find common ground.  Dr.…

Peggy Louise Drury of Iola went to her heavenly home Wednesday, Sept. 23. She suffered a brief illness and passed at her home. Funeral services for Peggy Drury will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at…

Larry Wittmer gave the communion meditation over messianic prophecies in the Old Testament. According to them, the messiah would be a man born of a woman, yet eternal. He would be exalted, yet scarred. He…

DISTRICT COURT Judge Daniel Creitz Civil cases filed: Cheyenne P. Holt vs. Steven R. Ahne, protection from abuse Dustin W. Jones vs. Benjamin Coleman, protection from abuse Dustin W. Jones vs. Emily Jones, protection from…

The East Central Kansas Model T Ford Club (ECKT) will meet at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 8, in the Conference Room at the Burlington Library located on Hwy 75. Members are asked to bring…

BELLE PLAINE, Kan. (AP) — More than 1,500 Kansans did not have their votes counted in the August primary because their mail ballots arrived too late, but many of them were uncounted because voters didn’t…

Pastor Steve Traw spoke about King David’s realization that his days were short and his only hope was in God, as part of the sermon “Hope for the Homestretch.” Pianist Myrna Wildschuetz played “I Saw…

Lester Dean Cole, age 69, of Iola, passed away Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020, at his home. He was born June 1, 1951, in Iola, the son of Lester Charles and Erma Pearl (Teel) Cole. June…

Iola High School football will not compete for the next two weeks due to youths’ exposure to COVID-19 by a player from Wellsville High School who has tested positive to the virus. The two teams…