It’s only been in the last 10 years that Kansas politics have gone from being competitive — that is, that a Republican could feel a Democrat breathing down her neck — to today, where the…

Robert Curtis Reynolds passed away on Sunday afternoon, June 19, 2016 at Grand Strand Medical Center, Myrtle Beach, S.C.   He is survived by a daughter, Ellen Reynolds (Debbie Shiflett), Monroe, N.C.; a son, Curt…

Two years of groundwork from volunteers — supplied by a Healthy Living grant from the Kansas Health Foundation — have led to one of the area’s most remarkable trail systems. Organizers will celebrate the opening…

HUMBOLDT – Late one afternoon 30 years ago Bob Adams checked lights and locks in his downtown variety store, looked at the black-faced clock with Ben Franklin splashed across the top in white, and walked…

Drenched in a nostalgia for the 1950s — think hula hoops, poodle skirts and hot rods; think bouffants, bobby socks and beatniks — Allen Summer Youth Theatre’s production of “Rock Around the Block” plunges the…

CHANUTE — Post 15 entered Tuesday night’s second game in Chanute with an 0-3 record this season. Chanute had outscored Iola 23-7 in the first three games.  “Chanute is a Triple-A team so they pull…

ALTAMONT — Iola quarterback Ben Cooper was not satisfied with the way his 2015 season went from a team standpoint and the path to making 2016 a better one begins with offseason work. Tuesday’s joint…

Larry Walden didn’t mince words Tuesday morning when he came before Allen County commissioners. Walden, Iola, questioned the wisdom of commissioners providing $100,000 to support the Bowlus Fine Arts Center for each of the next…

GIRARD — Responding to the Kansas Supreme Court’s ruling last month, which found inequities in the state’s school funding system, lawmakers will convene a special legislative session on Thursday.   If they fail to agree…

CHANUTE — Orizon Aerostructures, which manufactures components for several global aircraft firms, is coming to Chanute. The deal — projected to bring up to 150 jobs to the community — was clinched Monday when Chanute…