YATES CENTER — A bomb scare Monday evening at Yates Center High School prompted authorities to evacuate the school as well as several neighbors for several hours. Yates Center Police Chief Michael Strode said the…

HUMBOLDT — If charm were the deciding factor, then there’s little doubt 8-year-old Tessa Lou Francis would have convinced Humboldt council members that she should be allowed to raise chickens at her home at 620…

The Marmaton Valley High School KAY Club (Kansas Association for Youth) made the annual trip to Ronald McDonald House in Kansas City on Nov. 28.  The KAY officers delivered pull tabs collected over the year…

Favorite Christmas memories change over time, according to LaHarpe business owner Danny Ware. “When you’re a kid, it’s homemade peanut clusters and fudge. “When you’re a dad, it’s spending Christmas with your kids. “When you…

A pair of thefts, separated by three years, have been resolved. Iola police officers said a log splitter owned by Iolan Ryan Sigg had been located after he reported the theft from a residence in…

The Broadway Tenors will bring a bit of New York to Iola with a show on Saturday evening at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center.  They’ll also be bringing some Kansas connections. Music director Kimberly Grigsby…

A team of two dozen volunteers gathered in Iola Sunday to place more than 250 wreaths on veterans’ graves at Highland Cemetery and the old Iola Cemetery to complete a “Wreath Blitz” project spearheaded by…

Three teenage girls twist wrenches and peer inside the engine of a Chevrolet Malibu on a Friday afternoon at the Regional Rural Technical Center at LaHarpe. They’ve replaced the engine. Now, they need to finish…

Does your car need to be repaired? The Regional Rural Technical Center’s new automotive technician program needs cars.   And because the center doesn’t charge for labor, it could be quite a bargain. The catch,…

Step into Donna Houser’s house at Christmastime, and it’s like a trip through history and around the world.  You’ll find four tiny, angelic Christmas choir boys and plastic reindeer toys from the 1940s, still in…