The regular monthly meeting of the Prairie Rose 4-H Club was called to order by President Mallory Heim on Jan. 9 at Moran United Methodist Church.   The Cloverbuds led in the Pledge of Allegiance…

Tammy Dieker’s labor of love has been equal parts renovation, exploration and perspiration. Dieker, who took over management of The Market Place Flea Market on Jan. 1 from Laura Rasa, has spent the past month…

It’s a man-bites-dog news story. Fort Scott announced Monday that it will once again have a hospital. The welcome news bucks a 20-year trend of shuttering rural hospitals. Since 2005, almost 200 rural communities in…

MEDFORD, Okla. (AP) — An earthquake centered near the northwestern Oklahoma city of Medford on Monday had a preliminary magnitude of 4.5, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The quake was 4 miles northwest of Medford,…

Jimmie Dean “Skip” Williams, age 70, of Iola, Kan., passed away peacefully on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, after a long battle with cancer at his home in rural Allen County.  Skip was the oldest of…

Old Man Winter is expected to make his presence known with some emphasis starting tonight. The National Weather Service has put all of southeast Kansas in a winter storm warning, effective from 9 o’clock through…

TOPEKA — An attorney for death row inmate Kyle Flack on Monday pointed to unidentified DNA, cellphone evidence, an unlawful police interrogation and rushed trial as reasons to overturn the capital murder conviction. A Franklin…

TOPEKA — A measure to limit when the Kansas National Guard can go into active duty and prevent the guard from being subject to COVID-19 vaccine mandates drew disagreement Monday about its legality and the…

WASHINGTON — A stormy, angry session of the United Nations’ highest body on Monday heightened deep global rifts and raised new accusations about the Russian troop buildup around Ukraine, with the American and Russian sides…

Dear editor, I am writing in support of rezoning the area on North Walnut to allow the old Arkhaven site to be converted into 51 one- and two-bedroom apartments.   I attended the zoning meeting…