Throngs of Iola youth filled Riverside Park’s recreation building Saturday morning for the City of Iola’s annual Easter candy hunt, as shown above. With soggy weekend conditions leaving over 3.5 inches of rain, the event…

FREDONIA — Wilson County is one step closer to housing what would be — at least for now — the largest solar farm in the state. The Wilson County Commission approved earlier this month a…

Mother-daughter duo Beverly Franklin and Jackie McIntyre are back at it again. Their minds are jumping with floor plans, light fixtures, paint swatches. As their newest project, a single-story duplex unit just south of G&W…

The future messaging of the Democrat Party and following through on calls to action were the main topics at Thursday evening’s meeting of the Allen County Blue Dot Club. Sponsored by the Allen County Democrats,…

President Trump is considering a budget proposal that would eliminate funding for Head Start, an early education program that began in 1965 as part of the country’s “War on Poverty.” Head Start provides services for…

Community members will have the opportunity to dive into Civil War history — and learn about the process of writing historical nonfiction — at a special event hosted by Iola’s Rotary Club on Saturday, April…

Iola High School career technology education (CTE) students were busy this week creating an elevated flowerbed frame for the Iola Public Library. The students were putting the finishing touches on their project by lining the…

Mother Nature may dampen, but it will not stop, a series of Easter Weekend hunts in and around Iola Saturday, with one exception. Iola Area Chamber of Commerce Director Kelly Sigg said a 9:30 a.m.…

Adventure and learning opportunities abound for USD 257 students this summer. In 2013, SAFE BASE took 68 students and an assortment of adults on a trip to Colorado, offering hiking and whitewater rafting. A little…

HUMBOLDT — Barbecue and beer are a natural pairing, local chef Austin Honaker told Humboldt Council members in an appeal to allow alcohol consumption at this summer’s barbecue cookoff on the downtown square.  Honaker, owner…