Since 2005, the Molly Trolley has given local residents a glimpse of some of the area’s spookiest sights each Halloween. This year’s Haunted Trolley tours, which begin Sunday evening, promise to have a few new…

Work has begun in earnest this week to transform the Bowlus Fine Arts Center stage into an 1865 mining town. “Boom Town,” the most elaborate — and costly — production ever staged at the Bowlus, begins…

Iola Superintendent Brian Pekarek was asked to help spur interest in his profession by the Kansas Association of School Boards due to an increasingly atrophic employment pool.  Pekarek will spend Thursday in Topeka at KASB’s…

Allen County department heads have been admonished to keep expenditures close to the vest the remainder of the year. Commissioners said Tuesday morning the county had less than $650,000 cash in general fund coffers and…

Supporters of the Allen County Historical Society received a history lesson about the Polish Solidarity Movement Tuesday night at their annual meeting. Mary Fischer and Madelyn Stark, students at the Fort Scott Christian Learning Center,…

The discord among city council members is having a negative effect on those who work at city hall, according to a recent survey conducted by Carl Slaugh, city administrator. Department heads and Council members were…

The U.S. Modified Touring Series in Humboldt this week is paying out more than the $130,000 purse — the four-day extravaganza is providing area race fans with an opportunity to see upper echelon, highly competitive…

PITTSBURG — Members of the ANW Co-op Special Olympics and the Allen County Special Olympics participated in the Southeast Area Kansas Special Olympics bowling competition last Thursday in Pittsburg. From the ANW group, Kaleb Beckham…

  Something had to give. Iola High’s Mustangs and Fort Scott High Tigers were locked in defensive battle in junior varsity football action here Monday. On a very cool evening with a strong wind out…

More than 1,000 T-shirts are being distributed this week in preparation of Friday’s “Spirit of Pink” effort throughout Iola and Allen County. The benefit will culminate Friday with the release of pink balloons following the…