Four chickens snack on a treat of dried mealworms, which Katie Hitt shakes into the run of their coop from a red plastic cup. These chickens have lived in Hitt’s backyard in St. Louis since…

Dear editor, I loved the letter to the editor in Wednesday’s paper about the chickens getting voted down by the Iola Council.  It’s hilarious to see people get so upset over this and bring up…

In the last moments of Monday evening’s Iola council meeting, Mark Peters announced that he would be resigning from his seat on the council. Peters said the decision was made from necessity.  “My wife is…

A bird flu outbreak in U.S. dairy cows has grown to affect more than two dozen herds in eight states, just weeks after the nation’s largest egg producer found the virus in its chickens. Health…

Why did the chicken cross the road? Perhaps to move inside of Iola’s city limits. Support for allowing the ownership of chickens in town was on full display at Monday evening’s council meeting.  “By a…

The largest producer of fresh eggs in the U.S. said Tuesday it had temporarily halted production at a Texas plant after bird flu was found in chickens, and officials said the virus had also been…

Owning chickens within Iola city limits was at the forefront of Monday evening’s Iola council meeting. Current city code states it is unlawful for any person to “keep, harbor or feed” any domesticated fowl within…

Call it a “happy accident.” Jaydon Morrison discovered FFA thanks to a scheduling error. He unintentionally found himself taking an agri-science class when he first entered Iola High School as a freshman. He sat in…

Ottawa will now allow small-scale urban agriculture — a move designed to accommodate residents who want to raise chickens and to resolve a homeowner’s lawsuit over the right to sell fruit and honey. City lawyer…

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africa has culled about 7.5 million chickens in an effort to contain dozens of outbreaks of two separate strains of avian influenza that threaten to create a shortage…