Sky watchers in southeast Kansas will have the chance to watch a total lunar eclipse early Tuesday morning.  A lunar eclipse takes place when the full moon slips in to the shadow of the Earth.…

Motorists approaching Iola on U.S. 169 might notice a colorful new tribute to the town square. Two signs are the result of a year-long effort by the Iola Community Involvement Task Force-PRIDE Committee (CITF/PRIDE) to…

MORAN — Marmaton Valley High School brings a tale about colorful characters, a few family secrets and a good old-fashioned double-cross — all inside a quaint trailer park. The MVHS Drama Department performs “Doublewide, Texas”…

More than 650 Allen Countians have cast ballots in advance of Tuesday’s general election, in which Kansans will select their next governor, U.S. senator and a host of other state offices. “People seem to be…

Area veterans are invited to a special dinner for Veterans Day. The “Veterans Day Mess Call” offers a night of dinner and music at 6 p.m. Friday, Nov. 11, at the North Community Building, 505…

The odds of winning the Powerball jackpot are estimated at 1 in 292,201,338. The chances of winning Saturday’s Iola Rotary Grocery Grab at G&W Foods are considerably higher. Six finalists have been announced for a…

Allen County commissioners don’t want to renegotiate a contract with the City of Iola for ambulance services. “We negotiated our contract in good faith,” Commissioner Bruce Symes said at the end of a meeting on…

“Heat and Ice,” the second book of Clyde Toland’s “Becoming Frederick Funston Trilogy,” has been released. Signed copies of the book — officially titled “Heat and Ice: Frederick Funston’s Exploration of Death Valley, Alaska, and…

At its peak, Cara Thomas had a crew of 75 employees at Bolling’s Meatery and Eatery. But the ripple effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, which shuttered the steakhouse portion of the business in early 2020,…

Myrna Moore, age 80, of Iola does what she can to conserve energy at home.  She uses one small lamp for light. She keeps her heat low in the winter. She saves the rinse water…