Visitors who come to Iola from the east can’t help but notice the giant flag near Pete’s convenience store on U.S. 54. Few know the flag’s backstory.  Iolan Ron Fry installed the 80-foot tall pole…

The Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) program of the 31st Judicial District will host their annual Father’s Day Charity Golf Tournament Saturday. The event serves as a fundraiser for the program that serves abused and…

The Iola Seahorses hosted Independence and Humboldt for a meet Wednesday at Iola’s Riverside Park. Results will be in the weekend edition.

Kinsey Schinstock, a pitcher for the Iola Fillies, a traveling softball team, delivers a pitch during a Chanute Summer League game Wednesday at Chanute’s Santa Fe Park.

DALLAS (AP) — Joe Mazzulla is a big fan of UFC matches and splices highlights of fights into some of the basketball video he shows the Boston Celtics. He doesn’t do it for entertainment purposes…

Dear Carolyn: Three months ago, our nephew married his girlfriend. They had planned to marry later, but she became pregnant, and they moved the date up. Our invitation came via email from the groom’s mother…

Fox Sports said Thursday it has acquired the rights to broadcast IndyCar starting in 2025, a move that gives the network two of the biggest races in the world — the Indianapolis 500 and NASCAR’s…

LOS ANGELES — David Stern went to his grave without admitting that Jerry West was the inspiration for the NBA logo. West died Wednesday at 86 knowing with certainty that he was “The Logo” —…

CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — Possible team training camps for the 2026 World Cup include sites in Chattanooga, Tennessee; Cincinnati; Green Bay, Wisconsin; Louisville, Kentucky; St. Louis; Salt Lake City and Herriman, Utah; San Antonio;…

No one is above the law, not even the president’s son. Hunter Biden’s Tuesday conviction in a Delaware federal court undercuts former president Donald Trump’s claim that his conviction in New York showed that the…