Buster’s back. The Buster Keaton Celebration will return to Iola in September after a four-year hiatus.  Starting in 1993, annual festivals honored the legendary screen actor and innovator who was born in Piqua. When a…

Iolan Nich Lohman, director of clinical operations at Iola Pharmacy, is seeking a seat on the Iola City Council. Lohman, who lives in Iola’s Third Ward, filed this week, the Allen County clerk’s office reported.…

GARNETT — Imagine the smell of baked bread, then beer. That’s the air at the East Kansas Agri-Energy ethanol plant, which Gov. Laura Kelly was in Garnett to tour on Wednesday. Flanked by representatives from…

Teenagers and children as young as 12 soon will be able to get the COVID-19 vaccine in Allen County, but only at one local clinic, the Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas, and only by…

The rain just keeps on falling, but county officials aren’t yet too concerned about flooding. According to the Iola Water Plant, more than 3.26 inches of rain fell Wednesday night, which brings the total for…

Iola City Councilman Gene Myrick has filed for re-election. Myrick’s filing ensures at least one contested seat is up for grabs in the 2021 city elections. Myrick, who lives in Iola’s Third Ward,  will face…

Motorists traveling east of Moran will need to use an alternate route starting June 1. The Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) plans to begin work on a project to replace the U.S. 54 bridge over…

The Iola middle and high school bands performed Tuesday evening to wrap up the school year. They were joined by the IHS strings orchestra, above, for what was believed to be the first time in…

Vaxxed. Or. Masked. At Tuesday’s meeting, Allen County commissioners continued to align its COVID-19 policy with recommendations from health professionals, including the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE).…

Iola City Councilman Steve French has become the first nominee to become Iola’s next mayor. French,  a retired investigator with the Kansas Board of Emergency Medical Services, has served two separate terms on the Iola…