Iola’s Adopt A Child campaign, one of the community’s largest charitable endeavors to assist needy families with Christmas gifts, will assist more than 200 children in 2025. Through Adopt A Child, donors purchase a couple…

While folks are still dusting off their Halloween decor, Chelsea Lea’s sights already are on Christmas. Lea is once again spearheading efforts to decorate the Allen County Courthouse lawn with lighted Christmas trees, and is…

Gates Corporation will lay off approximately 80 employees from its Iola plant by the end of the year. The layoffs account for about 30% of the Iola facility’s workforce, reports Camille Lavon, economic director of…

A stack of paper nearly 900 pages tall sat on a stool at the North Community Building in Iola Wednesday evening. It was wrapped up like a gift, but for those in the audience, it…

Ward Chapel AME Church — a part of the Iola community almost as long as it has existed — is no more. The church will host its final service with a simple affair July 20…

Less than half of Allen County veterans take advantage of available benefits, including health care, furthering their educations, long-term care, survivors’ benefits and pensions.  That gap oftentimes correlates with a veteran’s do-it-yourself mentality, said Sheli…

Iola’s Daylight Donuts is back in business, with new owners ready to serve up piping hot sweet pastries. Thursday morning’s selection featured a dazzling array of colors and flavors, along with a spruced-up interior. New…

Waters Hardware of Iola employee Vida Eley rings up Brad Watson’s purchase during the store’s soft opening Monday. Store manager Jerry Watson said things were off to a smooth start as employees showed customers around…

A cool north wind did little to chill the fun Saturday at Iola’s Riverside Park as the City of Iola and USD 257 hosted a Youth Track Meet for youngsters from preschool through sixth grade.…

Iolan Michael Tennyson, 24, hired in January as an Allen County sheriff’s deputy, was arrested Friday evening for suspicion of sex crimes following a missing persons case with the Hays Police Department. The arrest stemmed…