This week, Kansas Secretary of Transportation Calvin Reed kicked off KDOT’s annual Transportation Safety Conference in Wichita by emphasizing the key components of decreasing fatalities on Kansas’s streets and highways: safer drivers, safer vehicles, safer…

Larry Hermreck, 71, Garnett, Kan., passed away Monday, March 3, 2025. He was born Jan. 27, 1954, at Garnett, to Conrad B. and Ann M. (Wolken) Hermreck. Larry was united in marriage to MaryCarol Renfroe…

LAHARPE — Of TLC Garden Center’s 25 years, Savannah and Levi Flory have been at the helm 18 of those years. Their decision as college graduates to assume responsibility for the greenhouse has had a…

Iola’s Elks Lodge was a beehive of activity Wednesday afternoon. Over 15 members gathered to assemble bags stuffed with food and personal items. The bags will be distributed to area students over the next several…

Larry Jewitt, 85, of Le Roy died Wednesday, March 5, 2025, at Coffey County Hospital in Burlington. He was born Jan. 18, 1940, in Le Roy, to Robert Jewitt and Violet Williams Jewitt. Larry married…

The Iola High School jazz band, performing as The Seuss Band, entertained Iola Elementary School students with a medley of tunes to start the day Thursday in honor of Dr. Seuss Week. The energetic performance…

Iola’s Daylight Donuts is back in business, with new owners ready to serve up piping hot sweet pastries. Thursday morning’s selection featured a dazzling array of colors and flavors, along with a spruced-up interior. New…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has said he wants his new education chief, Linda McMahon, to “put herself out of a job” and close the Education Department. McMahon was confirmed by the Senate on…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs are trading two-time All-Pro guard Joe Thuney to the Chicago Bears for a fourth-round pick in the 2026 draft, a person familiar with the deal told…

With four teams still in play in the postseason, a couple of Allen County Area Athletes of the Month candidates are still active on the hardwood. The female February candidates are Humboldt wrestler Taevyn Baylor,…