was a rough one.”  Iola struggled from the start with Independence holding them to a single field goal in the first quarter off a 3-pointer by junior guard Brooklyn Holloway, the first of her two…

The Crest Lady Lancers fell to the Lyndon Tigers, 50-39, Tuesday. With the loss, the Lady Lancers fell to 11-3 overall.  They head on the road Thursday to face Three Rivers League foe Pleasanton. The…

YATES CENTER — Cayten Cummings scored 19 points and Kinley Morrison scored 11 as Yates Center High’s girls pulled away for a 36-19 win over Marmaton Valley Tuesday. The contest marked the second time in…

YATES CENTER — The calendar still says it’s January, but Yates Center and Marmaton Valley High’s boys put together some early March Madness vibes Tuesday. Unlike their matchup eight days earlier, when Marmaton Valley controlled…

Longtime recycling advocate Steve Strickler is growing weary. He spoke out twice this week, first on Monday night to Iola City Council members, and then again Tuesday morning to Allen County commissioners, about the future…

One of the largest challenges to finding employees — available childcare — suddenly took center stage Tuesday as USD 257 Board of Education members discussed myriad issues, including the fate of a soon-to-be-vacant maintenance office.…

TOPEKA — Federal public defenders who went months without pay last year are facing more financial pressure as another government shutdown looms following state-sanctioned violence in Minneapolis and across the United States. U.S. Senate Democrats…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranian officials reached out to the wider Middle East on Wednesday over the threat of a possible U.S. military strike on the country, while the value of Iran’s currency…

In a crowded hearing in Topeka last week, Kansas lawmakers drilled a lawyer for the Kansas City Chiefs on the deal to bring the NFL team across the state line. Democratic state Rep. Rui Xu…

Glenn Eldon Smith, 93, of Bel Aire, and formerly of Bronson, died Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026. He was born on Nov. 10, 1932, in Iola, to Raymond and Cora (Duzan) Smith. Glenn served in the…