Allen County has received a $45,000 USDA grant to go towards housing preservation. The grant is being dispensed via Thrive Allen County to rehabilitate or remodel low and very low income homes.  This is the…

Savonburg residents want to see more action taken towards their goals for improvement. Since they met a year ago, small steps have been made towards what they deemed the top three concerns at the time…

Though they should have declared last Monday a holiday, the staff at Thrive Allen County was too busy to celebrate.  At least there was a bottle of bubbly. After a tense two months, the staff…

GAS — Even when pressed, the townsfolk of Gas found little to complain about nor was their wishlist long.  They are there because they like small-town, countryesque living where the amenities of a larger city…

Maybe the third time will be the charm. Iola school board members voted to extend an agreement with BNIM, a Kansas City development firm, for a third year. The company hopes to convert three former…

At age 25, Pempho Moyo already knows some valuable life lessons.  Top of the list: There are no do-overs for some big moments in life such as bonding with a newborn, or, on the other…

TOPEKA — A record 171,000 Kansans enrolled this year in the subsidized health insurance marketplace under the Affordable Care Act, an increase more than 60,000 over the past two years. The nonprofit, nonpartisan Kansas Health…

April Jackson hopes the end of a three-year grant won’t be the end of the Recovery House, which has helped 33 people and three dogs since March 2022. The house offers temporary living and resources…

You’ll be amazed at what you can burn in the water, Megan Cole said. Calories, that is. Cole teaches a water exercise class from about 5:45 to 6:30 p.m. each Tuesday and Thursday at the…

Visitors to the Lehigh Portant Trails can learn about the dangers of tick-borne diseases thanks to the efforts of the Southeast Kansas Multi-County Health Departments.  The Iola health department received a $2,500 grant from Your…