Allen County will spend nearly $68,000 to put a new roof on the Allen County Law Enforcement Center.The decision came after Sheriff Bryan Murphy and Ron Holman, courthouse maintenance supervisor, assured commissioners the leaking roof…

The site of the old Allen County Hospital will be ready for development about Nov. 1, if an auction and razing of the building can be done in a timely manner.John Brocker of Allen County…

Dear editor,The news in the papers and on TV is all about wages and inequality. If you are a small business and are struggling to make a go of it, I can see not wanting…

Interstate 70 has been hailed as the “life sciences corridor,” because of start-up businesses from Kansas City west to Lawrence, Topeka and Manhattan that concentrate on health care, pharmaceuticals and animal health.Many have sprouted up…

HUMBOLDT — Humboldt High’s track season ended on a good note last Friday. The boys took first in the Tri-Valley League Meet. The girls took sixth. It was the first home meet hosted by Humboldt…

GARNETT — Iola High’s softball season came to an end at the Class 4A-II Softball Regional at Garnett on Tuesday. There were signs of optimism scattered throughout the game, but not enough consistency in the…

Norman Edgar Sorenson, 76, Yates Center, passed away unexpectedly Saturday morning, May 16, 2015, at Coffey County Hospital in Burlington. He was born March 9, 1939, in Yates Center, the youngest of eight children of…

The 1969 movie “Easy Rider” gave a look at the counterculture of the 1960s. The American public explored the lives of two bikers — played by Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper. Drugs and communal life,…

The 1969 movie “Easy Rider” gave a look at the counterculture of the 1960s. The American public explored the lives of two bikers — played by Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper. Drugs and communal life,…

As with most little girls, Clara Ellis had a dream of what she wanted to do when she grew up.“I always wanted to own a restaurant,” Ellis said, perched in what soon will be her…