A combination of cancellations and the holidays made for a quiet week in college basketball. The latest Associated Press poll reflected the light week. Baylor remained No. 1 for the third straight week in the…

“Winning The Game” Corn Marketing Workshop is a powerful and important program that is specifically designed to help farmers develop their marketing strategies.  The workshop will focus on cost of production for price target strategies,…

LeBron James is missing one game. Markieff Morris is missing his eighth, with no end in sight. Those two things are more connected than some might realize. By suspending James for Tuesday night’s game against…

LONDON (AP) — Nobel Peace Prize laureate and education activist Malala Yousafzai has announced her marriage. The 24-year-old Pakistani human rights campaigner who was shot by the Taliban for daring to want an education posted…

Iola Middle School’s girl’s basketball teams had a rough go of it at home Monday against Burlington. The seventh-grade B team lost 14-2. The seventh-grade A team lost 23-16. The eighth-grade team lost 35-0. “There…

ACC women’s soccer will find out its fate today when the NJCAA Division II National tournament bracket is released at noon.  After a 2-0 loss last weekend to Northeast Community College in the North Plains…

YATES CENTER — Marmaton Valley Junior High’s B team picked up a straight-sets win on the volleyball court Thursday. Marmaton Valley toppled Yates Center, 25-20, 25-8. Jetta Mathews paced MV with 14 points, followed by…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Royals promoted general manager Dayton Moore to president of baseball operations and elevated longtime assistant GM J.J. Picollo to fill his previous role in a front-office shakeup…

A living piece of World War II aviation history will be back in Iola Wednesday. A B-25J — Miss Mitchell — stopped in Iola for refueling Sunday while en route from Minnesota to San Antonio,…

A gymnasium filled with junior varsity volleyball players — many playing at the high school level for the first time — was the setting for an action-packed Iola Invitational ‘tournament Saturday.  Under the tournament format,…