This year marked the 149th Ione Homecoming held Friday, May 9th through Sunday, May 11th. The event is kicked off a week prior with the crowning of Miss Ione‚ and again congratulations to 2025 Miss ...

Wanda Ellis Watson, 85, of Ione, California, passed away peacefully at home on May 7, 2025. Born on July 27, 1939 in Muskogee, Oklahoma, in the Cherokee Nation, Wanda was the daughter of Mildred and ...