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The Iola Symphony Orchestra gathered for its first practice of the season. Allen Community College music director Jeffrey Anderson is conducting the orchestra this year. The first performance will be in February.

Though the evening lacked the camaraderie and festivity of previous years, Thrive’s annual awards ceremony was no less significant. In fact, many of this year’s winners proved not even a global pandemic could keep them…

One day, an Osage chief was hunting in the forest, both for sustenance and for an image to inspire and guide his people. After noticing the tracks of a giant buck, he whispered: “Grandfather Deer,…

Aaron Kinzle gives his parents, Steve and Frances Kinzle, all the credit. And that spirit — never one to bask in the spotlight, and always ready to lend a hand — is yet again true…

When Lawrence Elliott recently went looking for a lost key, he found instead a renewed faith in humanity. It all began when he decided to take his motorcycle for a ride a couple weeks ago,…

An assisted living facility in Iola has reported 21 positive COVID-19 cases. Greystone Assisted Living filed its report with the Kansas Department of Health and Environment last week. The infections occurred within the previous 14…

Robin Griffith watched a friend struggle with opioid misuse. Prescribed opioids for pain, her friend became addicted. Only after receiving treatment did she become substance-free, and then for only a few years.  “It was a…

Iola City Council members will discuss year-end budget amendments Monday, a necessary step to close the financial books in 2020. Council members are expected to schedule budget hearings for their Dec. 14 meeting — the…

Construction work continues at the site of a new science and technology building, with cafeteria, at the Iola High School campus. Steel beams are now being installed.

HUMBOLDT — A mobile home was destroyed by fire, and the occupant taken to the hospital Thursday evening. Humboldt Fire Chief Sean McReyolds said the house at 502 Bridge St. was fully engulfed when the…