Sticker shock at the grocery store should be slowing down, according to recent data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. But with grocery prices still up 28% since 2019, presidential candidates former President Donald…

Loyal customers, good food, and fair prices have set an Iola favorite apart from its regional counterparts. Iola’s G&W Foods grocery store has been recognized as having the top performing deli of the chain’s 30…

MILDRED — Driving to a national grocery conference in Alabama last month, Loren and Regena Lance stopped at several small grocery stores along the way. It’s an opportunity for the Lances to see how other…

MILDRED — Charley Pogue of Blue Mound frequently drives the 10 miles to The Mildred Store. When family members from Lawrence were visiting this weekend, he brought them to the store’s 10th anniversary celebration.  They…

MORAN — Marilyn Logan feels as if she has climbed to the top of an impossible mountain. Five years ago, it seemed impossible to ask the Moran community to come together to save the town’s…

MILDRED — Sure, the Mildred Store still offers a Norman Rockwellian oasis in today’s breakneck-paced, 21st century climate. From their monthly music night jamborees, to other community events such as prom dress sales and a…

New data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture found there are fewer places to buy groceries with each year that passes, but the consolidation is especially high in rural areas. The USDA report shows the…

There are times when a little noise in the library is perfectly acceptable. Lesa Cole, youth services librarian at the Iola Public Library, watched with content as the gaggle of preschoolers flocked to the newest…

MORAN — The addition of a commercial-grade kitchen to the Marmaton Market will bring more traffic its way as well as provide a communitywide service, predicts Marilyn Logan, manager of the grocery store. The new…

BUFFALO (AP) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday condemned the poison of white supremacy and said the nation must “reject the lie” of the racist “replacement theory” espoused by the shooter who murdered 10 black…