Ryan Sell, who has overseen Allen County’s Emergency Medical Services program since it merged with the Iola Fire Department in 2014, is resigning his post as director. Sell will remain with the department as a…

HUMBOLDT — Jess Folk Jr., has been in the winner’s circle at Humboldt Speedway as many times as any driver, with the only possible exception being his brother Justin. However, because of the adversity he’s…

Gail and Carolyn Harvey are celebrating their 40th wedding anniversary this week, Aug. 4. They were married at the Allen County Courthouse in Iola. They have always resided at their country home southeast of Le…

Helen Lavon Pollman, 92, rural Yates Center, died Monday evening, Aug. 1, 2016, at home. She was born May 17, 1924, in Kimball, to Jasper and Minnie (Goff) Gier. Growing up in the Humboldt and…

Randy Watson had an earful for folks in Ottawa recently. The Kansas commissioner of education told them emphasis on college education and advanced degrees wasn’t for every high school student and a multitude of careers…

Allen County’s Planning Commission will decide whether to recommend a change in rural zoning ordinances Aug. 25 that might permit power-generating wind turbines to be placed on farmland, commissioners decided Tuesday. The change would affect…

The anti-incumbent fervor that swept across the state in Tuesday’s primary elections did not extend into Allen County. Allen County Republicans had three locally contested races — for sheriff, county commission and county attorney —…

“It’s … a certainty that aliens will be allowed to vote in this primary election …” Secretary of State Kris Kobach said, after Shawnee County District Court Judge Larry Hendricks ruled votes of people who…

Allen County College’s long-time agriculture instructor Terry Powelson purchased the former college farm Monday afternoon at a special meeting convened by ACC’s board of trustees. Powelson, who, in addition to his role as instructor, was…

Iolan Mike Aronson, who has served Allen County  as either firefighter, ambulance personnel or law enforcement officer for the past 22 years, has thrown his hat into the sheriff’s race. Aronson filed as an independent,…