Notices Services at Carlyle’s Presbyterian Church have been canceled for Sunday and again March 29. A community conversation with Thrive Allen County scheduled for Tuesday has been canceled. Miscellaneous The Carlyle Ladies Country Club met…

The election on a proposed bond for Humboldt schools has been postponed, following a USD 258 school board meeting Thursday. The $15 million bond issue is for renovations and additions to its elementary, middle and…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Mexico and the U.S. announced Friday that they would prohibit all “non-essential” travel across their shared border as part of efforts to control the spread of the coronavirus.  Both countries and Canada…

According to county clerk Sherrie Riebel, Allen County’s Meals on Wheels program will be suspended Monday, until further notice. The service caters to about 80 households in Iola, Gas, LaHarpe and Moran. Riebel said, though,…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas on Friday launched a new program to provide short-term, no-interest loans to bars, restaurants, taverns and motels struggling to cover operating expenses because of the economic toll of the coronavirus…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr, R-N.C., is asking for an ethics review after coming under criticism for selling off as much as $1.7 million in stocks just before the market dropped…

Area students can pick up free meals starting next week, even as in-person classes are canceled for the remainder of the school year. Iola, Marmaton Valley and Humboldt school districts have announced plans to offer…

WASHINGTON (AP) — First, some of the coronavirus tests didn’t work. Then there weren’t enough to go around. Now, just as the federal government tries to ramp up nationwide screening, laboratory workers are warning of…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas legislators on Thursday approved a new, 10-year transportation program that many lawmakers see as a much-needed, $10 billion stimulus to counter the economic damage from the coronavirus pandemic. The Republican-controlled…

Logan Brown became an Iola sports legend when he captured the Kansas 4A 285-pound state title on Feb. 29 in Salina. But the glory that Brown enjoyed that day almost never came to be.  …