Businesses stayed open late to offer holiday shopping deals during Friday’s Downtown Christmas Block Party.

Santa Claus made his first visit of the season at downtown Iola on Saturday afternoon, courtesy of a ride around town with the Iola Fire Department. The event was sponsored by the Iola Area Chamber…

A Petrolia man has been arrested on suspicion of killing a Chanute man who was found dead on Saturday. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation and sheriff’s departments in Allen and Neosho counties are investigating. Casey…

Jadyn Kaufman is the protagonist Ebenezer Scrooge in Miss Chelsea Dance Academy’s production of “A Christmas Carol,” which runs tonight at 6:30 at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center. Tickets sell for $10 apiece, and can …

There weren’t any real surprises Wednesday, but a gathering of area community members to discuss Allen Community College nevertheless stressed the importance of meeting oncoming challenges and threats. Wednesday’s SCOTs meeting gave the public an…

A discarded Little Golden Book helped Elle Dominquez learn to read and fostered a lifelong love of books. She honors that experience with a collection of more than 1,000 of the books. Moran resident Dominquez…

Humboldt’s Bob Johnson traveled through the town to photograph the numerous new light displays and larger-than-life ornaments. The downtown is aglow with colorful trees and candy cane archways that say “Welcome” and “Humboldt,” leading the…

Max Grundy reported “nothing but good news” after getting his first look inside the Elm Street Water tower Wednesday. “We were able to get to the top to see the inside of the tank,” Grundy…

County commissioners oppose a group’s plan to reconfigure one of the entry points into downtown Humboldt. A Bolder Humboldt received a $1 million grant from the Kansas Department of Transportation in 2019 to connect the…

Allen County has invested quite a bit of money into equipment this year, and earlier this week debated whether to purchase an expensive new boom mower. A few months ago, Road and Bridge Director Mark…