Tag: Allen County
Could lightning striking the fuel station at the Allen County airport be a blessing in disguise? According to public works director Mitch Garner, maybe so. The fuel station was struck by lightning sometime last week…
Jackson Wilks and Levi Meiwes competed Saturday in the Poultry Judging Contest at the Kansas State Fair. Meiwes placed 10th in the state and Wilks took home 15th place. Allen County 4-H?ers, Katie Weide,…
ACC President John Masterson plans to take the pulse of countywide support for a new activity center before the college ventures further. Masterson plans to set up meetings with Allen County commissioners, as well as…
Hope Unlimited and the Retired Seniors Volunteer Program teamed up today to honor first responders by donating plates of cookies to law enforcement, firefighters and ambulance personnel. Delivering the sweets to the Allen County Sheriffs…
ELSMORE ? It?s not easy feeling you?re the unwanted ?stepchild? of the county, but the residents of Elsmore are not letting that hold them back in trying to make the remote berg a better place…
Allen County commissioners are giving serious consideration to pulling out of a consortium with the Girard Juvenile Detention Center because of a new law that severely restrict the kinds of instances that puts a youth…
Public service is often a thankless job. Sandra Drake knew that the moment she joined the Allen County appraisers office 30 years ago. Its the nature of the beast, she explained, to decide how much…
Despite red flags raised by Sheriff Bryan Murphy, Allen County commissioners passed a 2020 budget Tuesday. Murphys biggest concern is that the jail has 17 employees for whom commissioners have ordered Murphy give 3% cost…
According to the results from the 2017 agriculture census released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Kansas ranks fifth in production. The census is taken every four to five years, with the first being conducted…
HUMBOLDT ? Another extensive search in and near the Neosho River for Iolan Aaron Hutton, suspected in a Wednesday morning armed robbery in Iola, came up empty Thursday and Friday. Allen County Sheriff Bryan Murphy…
