A friend helping a friend turned into Leah Stout’s career as an Iola business owner. Stout, owner of EZ Tax Service, LLC, is on the move, to 315 S. State St. She’s moving from her…

Allen County Courthouse has gone green for Veterans Day. The Kansas Association of Counties, along with several Kansas counties, announced county courthouses and other buildings and offices will be illuminated green this week. The effort…

Jacob Cooper didn’t let his nerves get the best of him Saturday.   Working on behalf of his sister, Cassie, Cooper loaded more than $800 worth of groceries through the Iola Rotary Club’s fifth annual…

If you’re going to step outside your comfort zone, sometimes it helps to step outside your environment. Iola middle and high school band students recently returned from a trip to St. Louis, where they watched…

Six Allen County veterans were honored for their service to country Sunday with quilts. “The quilt is our expression of gratitude meant to say ‘thank you’ and comfort you,” explained Connie Schmidt, speaking on behalf…

JJ Davis, head coach for the women’s basketball team at Neosho Community College, held up a dollar bill in front of Iola Middle School students on Friday morning.  “How much is this worth?” he asked…

The Iola law practice of Bret Heim was selected on Oct. 25 to advise Neosho County Commissioners. Working with Heim are attorneys Daniel Smith and Cliff Lee. “It’ll be the three of us,” serving Neosho…

HUMBOLDT — Kansas Sen. Jerry Moran will be in Humboldt Monday to present the city with a Building Better Communities award.   Moran announced the award during a speech in September highlighting Humboldt’s successes, in…

A recent change  in health care laws will keep Rhonda Culp and Greta Ingle busier than ever for the next 10 weeks. Culp and Ingle are certified health care Navigators tasked with helping clients re-enroll…

Eli Adams, a senior at Iola High School, felt overwhelmed as he flew into Santiago, Chile, on Oct. 15.  He worried his three years of high school Spanish classes wouldn’t be enough to prepare him…