The Kansas Department of Transportation plans to begin resurfacing work today on U.S. 54 in Allen County. The work will start at the east city limits of LaHarpe and continue east for 12.3 miles to…

Former Allen Countian Levi Ramsey continues to recover after receiving a gunshot wound to his leg.  “He’s still pretty sore,” his sister Brittney Haynes told the Register. “The doctors told him he must have had…

Engineers are surveying a 2,500-foot stretch of U.S. 54 in rural Bourbon County starting this week. The Kansas Department of Transportation said in a press release the survey is necessary to plan for the eventual…

BOURBON COUNTY – The Kansas Bureau of Investigation discovered what was described as an extensive outdoor marijuana grow operation Thursday, capable of producing about $1.7 million worth of cannabis. The discovery was announced in a…

FORT SCOTT — Organizers are seeking entries for the 31st annual Fine Arts Competition and Exhibit set for March 2-11 at Fort Scott Community College. The event, sponsored by the Bourbon County Arts Council, is…

The promise of Fort Scott getting a hospital is on shaky ground after learning that the prospective manager, Noble Health Corp., has recently closed the two hospitals it owns in Missouri. “What has happened there…

Four additional COVID-19 diagnoses in Bourbon County have prompted health officer Rebecca Johnson to get tough. Johnson, director of the Southeast Kansas Multi-County Health Department, announced Wednesday she will issue written orders, forcing those who…

Bourbon County became the latest in Kansas to direct residents to stay at home because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The order was announced Thursday by Public Health Officer Rebecca Johnson. In Bourbon County, three cases…

A collaborative effort involving the Allen and Bourbon county sheriff’s departments and the Chanute Police Department brought about multiple arrests and citations. The results were announced Sunday by Allen County Sheriff Bryan Murphy. The operations…

MANHATTAN — 4-H members from the Southwind Extension District excelled at the annual Kansas 4-H Livestock Sweepstakes event Saturday and Sunday at Kansas State University, winning three state titles in the process. The competition focused…