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Public notices will live to see another day for both newspapers in Allen County. Commissioners agreed Tuesday morning to continue the publication of such notices in both The Humboldt Union and The Iola Register for…

Sometimes, little things make a big difference. An effort to learn how students feel about their schools resulted in repairs to a bathroom at Iola High School. Max Andersen and Kaysin Crusinbery, IHS seniors who…

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Tens of thousands of Palestinians streamed into Gaza’s most heavily destroyed area on Monday after Israel opened the north for the first time since the early weeks of the…

LAHARPE — A body was found at the home of Gale and Ramona Jeffers, 408 Broadway St. in LaHarpe, after the house was destroyed in an early morning fire Monday. The fire, which was reported…

Allen County Sheriff Anthony Maness found himself in the right place at the right time Friday, after he successfully performed the Heimlich maneuver on a diner choking on a piece of food at an Iola…

GREENSBURG — A man wanted in connection to a woman’s death in Anderson County was killed in a crash during a police pursuit Saturday night near Greensburg.  Jerry Wayne Thompson, age 55, of Tidewater, Ore.,…

President Donald Trump stepped back into the presidency this week moving quickly to set a new agenda, but from his inaugural address continuing through a flurry of executive actions, press conferences and interviews Trump relied…

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump Wednesday demanded an apology from the Episcopal bishop who criticized his hardline policies on immigration and LGBTQ rights at the National Prayer Service on his first full day back in…

TOPEKA — The Kansas State Department of Education advised school districts to follow laws protecting students’ constitutional rights in wake of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s reversal of a policy forbidding immigration authorities from…

For those who flee from domestic violence, starting over can be challenging. Many leave their homes with little or nothing. A joint effort between St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church and local agencies — Hope Unlimited and…