Domestic violence isn?t just blood and bruises. It?s also a pattern of coercive and controlling behavior. It?s the husband who keeps track of the mileage on his wife?s car. It?s abusive behavior such as telling…

One year ago this week Mercy Hospital in Fort Scott dropped a bombshell, announcing that after 132 years it would close its doors. Some say the hospital’s demise began almost as soon as its new…

Repairs to leaking showers in patient rooms at Allen County Regional Hospital could start in the near future, but a pending management change provides an opportunity to rethink their purpose. The hospital last month received…

Home health nurses Tessa Galemore and Darla Ulrich sorted through Iolan Meredith Rogers’ medications Thursday, making sure everything was in order for the days ahead. They had just one more responsibility, though, before they could…

Everyone celebrates a birth but death is often a taboo subject, social worker Susan Hawk points out. “Life is a cycle. At the end of life, when you need people the most, some people may…

September programs at the Iola Public Library  begin Thursday, Sept. 5 with with “The A,B,C’s of A, B, & O Blood Types.” Allen County Regional Hospital’s Director of Laboratory Services, Michel Meyers, speaks about the…

Although Allen County Regional Hospital continues to keep fewer inpatients overnight it is mostly able to offset those losses in other areas, hospital trustees heard Tuesday night from Larry Peterson, chief financial officer and interim…

Allen County Regional Hospital is having a change of leadership in advance of a lease with Saint Luke’s Health System of Kansas City. Tony Thompson, who had served as the hospital’s CEO since late 2015,…

The woman?s face looked so familiar. Teresa Foster searched her memory, trying to place where she might have seen the hospital volunteer before. Teresa had lived all over the world, so she could have seen…

Officials with Allen County Regional Hospital continue to play a waiting game when it comes to two major topics: a lease to Saint Luke’s Health System in Kansas City and the return of mammography services,…