Sen. Caryn Tyson predicted the start of the 2025 session would be “extremely busy.” Indeed, the first week found Tyson and fellow lawmakers off to a running start.  Tyson said her top priority is to…

Iola High School’s 2025 Winter Homecoming featured an added element of nostalgia Friday as former IHS girls head coach Becky Carlson was inducted into the Don Bain Athletics Hall of Fame. Carlson retired last spring…

A southeast Kansas woman is becoming a household name on social media. Katherine Umbarger has turned her love of homesteading into a lucrative business, selling an estimated 16,000 copies of her self-published cookbook in a…

Iola’s Daylight Donuts store has closed after business owner Tha Son moved to Minnesota. But doughnut lovers, fear not. New owners will reopen the store in mid-March. Son operated the business for five years, although…

The need for public transportation drives Jeff Keithly to keep Allen Regional Transit (ART) moving forward.  “When I first came here, I thought the need couldn’t be high. I quickly discovered there’s a huge need,”…

A recent boost in enrollment at Allen Community College has pleasantly surprised the school’s leaders, but it takes a variety of strategies to keep students coming. Allen’s admissions and marketing staff gave the board of…

Allen County Commissioners agreed to a 180-day moratorium in regards to a proposed battery energy storage system (BESS) in the southeast part of the county at their meeting Tuesday. Zoning Director Terry Call discussed the…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Weary and anxious from a week of massive infernos burning around Los Angeles, Southern California residents faced dire new wildfire warnings Tuesday and prepared to flee at a moment’s notice as…

Students in the Iola school district will soon get a chance for a free meal at the end of the school day.  OPAA!, the district’s meal service provider, proposed the plan to school board members…

A property that has been deemed a “dangerous and unsafe” structure was a point of contention at Monday evening’s Iola city council meeting.  Property owner Fred Vanwey recently moved to Iola from California and purchased…