While students may be enjoying the two days off from school this week due to the wintry weather, it can pose a significant burden on working parents who lack childcare. An upcoming babysitting class is…

If road repair efforts are to continue in earnest this spring and summer, Allen County commissioners will soon have to decide what to do with a 31-year-old chip spreader. Its front axle broke last July,…

Students at Marmaton Valley USD 256 are learning, quite literally, that you reap what you sow. The district is spearheading an effort to promote resourceful and healthy eating as part of its curriculum. According to…

LAHARPE — There are a lot of resources available to help people. Stacy Jackman hopes they can learn more about those options at a Health & Resource Fair from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday…

Elm Creek in southern Iola is frozen solid after several days with single-degree high temperatures and below-zero lows. Temperatures are expected to get just above freezing mid-week before dropping again this weekend.

With temperatures forecasted to dip as low as -6 this weekend, it pays to be prepared, advised Kendal Catt of Tholen HVAC. A good proactive measure is to clean and replace filters in your heating…

HUMBOLDT — Kenny Miller said he’d know it was time to retire when he woke up and didn’t want to go to work. Problem is, that never happened.  He finally decided it was time, anyway,…

“We’re losing people in Kansas,” said Mary Kay Heard. “In Allen County, for sure.” Attributing this to high property taxes, Mary Kay and her husband David were acknowledged during Gov. Laura Kelly’s State of the…

A party is in the works for the Bowlus Fine Arts Center.  This fall will mark the 60th anniversary for the performing arts center. A gala is planned for Sept. 14, promising an event that…

A coat of snow makes for a picturesque view of the veterans monument at Iola’s Highland Cemetery early Wednesday morning. Sunny skies and mid-30s temperatures prevailed for most of the day. Another round of snow…