Another busy weekend converted into several more wins on the mat for Iola High’s wrestlers. The Mustang varsity boys were at Wellsville Thursday for the Aaron Patton Memorial Tournament, where Kale Pratt secured a second-place…

WELLSVILLE — Iola Middle School’s eighth-grade A basketball team took home second place Saturday at a tournament in Wellsville. The Mustangs were in a hotly contested battle with host Wellsville in the title game when…

The Iola, Yates Center and Southern Coffey County High volleyball teams were in action at different locations Tuesday.  The Mustangs (8-6) traveled to Wellsville for league play while the Wildcats (12-9-1) hit the road to…

WELLSVILLE — Crest High’s sophomore sensations Josie Walter and Peyton Schmidt made their marks once again on the cross country circuit. The Lady Lancers each secured top-10 finishes at Thursday’s Wellsville Invitational against a loaded…

MOUND CITY — Middle-schoolers from Iola, Marmaton Valley and Yates Center showed their mettle and earned plenty of medals in the process Thursday at the Jayhawk-Linn Invitational. Full results follow: Seventh grade girls Team scores…

WELLSVILLE — The Iola High wrestling team took to the mats at the Pioneer League wrestling championships on Thursday evening.  Wyatt Westervelt, Korbin Cloud and Isaac Hopkins placed in the top three in their respective…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A high school student reported that a Kansas House member working as a substitute teacher manhandled him and kicked him in the testicles during class, and the lawmaker told authorities that…

TOPEKA — The Wellsville Board of Education ordered Rep. Mark Samsel to serve a one-year ban on entering school property or attending district events in response to his strange and allegedly violent conduct while working…

Jenna Curry’s two-run double in the bottom of the fourth propelled Iola High’s junior varsity to a come-from-behind, 8-7 victory over Wellsville. The win gave the Fillies JV a split after Iola dropped the opener,…

TOPEKA — Rep. Mark Samsel was arrested on a charge of misdemeanor battery for a physical altercation with a Wellsville student while engaging in bizarre classroom rants about the wrath of God, masturbation and sex,…