Jensyn Matlock, 3½, of Chanute, occupies her time Friday evening by covering herself with dried kernels at a “cornbox” at the Allen County Fairgrounds. The 130th annual fair wrapped up Sunday evening. Mylee Miller, foreground,…

A powerful storm that blasted through Iola and Allen County July 14 wreaked havoc on power grids, uprooted and tore apart countless trees and made life miserable for a good swath ot the population for…

The Children’s Summer Theatre Workshop wrapped up with a public performance Saturday at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center. Here, the young actors re-create a scene from the animated children’s film “Flushed Away.” Taking part in…

NEW YORK (AP) — Troubled trucking company Yellow Corp. is shutting down and filing for bankruptcy, the Teamsters said Monday. An official bankruptcy filing is expected any day for Yellow, after years of financial struggles…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Institutes of Health is beginning a handful of studies to test possible treatments for long COVID, an anxiously awaited step in U.S. efforts against the mysterious condition that afflicts millions.…

Publisher’s Weekly recently reported that book sales for the first half of the year are down once again, continuing a trend that has accelerated since the pandemic. As usual, I seem to be out of…

The human body can barely cope with weather this hot. In Phoenix, where the asphalt can hit 180, emergency-room doctors are zipping heat-stroke victims into body bags full of ice. Tens of thousands worldwide die…

NEW YORK (AP) — The Federal Reserve launched a new instant payment service Thursday. FedNow allows banks and credit unions to sign up to send real-time payments so they can offer customers a quicker way to send…

FORTY-FIVE YEARS AGO August 1978 Omer Knoll, art instructor at Allen County Community Junior College — the first art instructor in the college’s history —resigned his post, as did Dr. Terry Glenn, dean of instruction,…