Iola High School’s state-bound baseball and track and field teams will get rousing community sendoffs this week. Supporters will bid adieu to the baseball players as they head out to Salina at 1:45 p.m. Wednesday.…

Imagine seeing a commercial featuring Ryder and Marshall from “Paw Patrol” lighting up cigarettes and enjoying a smoke together. It’s hard to fathom that happening, but in 1961, beloved cartoon characters Fred Flintstone and Barney…

Truth by truth, Vladimir Putin’s veneer is beginning to crack. On Monday, a Russian envoy to the United Nations told his colleagues that Putin could have spent the last two decades “developing the country” but…

Iola High sophomore Xander Sellman, shown at a tournament earlier this season, carded a 93 Monday to finish in a tie for 46th at the Class 4A State Golf Tournament. Normally a two-round event, the…

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Montana health officials say transgender people can’t change their birth certificates even if they undergo gender-confirmation surgery, in defiance of a court order that had blocked the Republican-controlled state’s bid to…

The 13U Iola Mustangs baseball team brought home first place from the KC Sports Crown Town Challenge Tournament near Liberty, Mo., Saturday and Sunday. Team members are, front row from left, Austin Crooks and Truman…

The Humboldt Lady Cubs 14U have had a productive month on the softball diamond. The Lady Cubs took third at the USSSA Louisville Slugger Tournament in Derby May 14-15 and second at the USSSA May…

HUMBOLDT, Iowa — Ashlynn Works is continuing her Humboldt connection in high school. Works is the daughter of James and Andrea Works, formerly of Humboldt in Kansas, before moving to Humboldt, Iowa, where Ashlynn is…

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona’s familiarity with Zack Greinke led to a solid offensive night against the Diamondbacks’ former pitcher. Christian Walker and Pavin Smith homered and Ketel Marte’s two-run double broke a fourth-inning tie to…

Iolans Willie and Tracy Keagle built the box, for Stotler to install over the weekend. Already, anonymous donors have placed assorted non-perishable food items, free for the taking. He encouraged folks to “leave what you…