Alisha Turner, Healthy Families supervisor for Kansas Children’s Service League in Iola, told Kiwanis Club members Tuesday about her agency’s plans to expand soon from serving Allen, Neosho and Wilson counties to also include Woodson…

TOPEKA — Proponents of designating the old Lehigh quarry and surrounding trails as a state park addressed the Kansas Senate Committee on Commerce Wednesday morning.  Committee members were receptive to the designation of Lehigh Portland…

Carly Dreher fits many descriptions. Honor student. Cheerleader. And a gifted public speaker. But at heart, she’s a farm girl. “I don’t know what it is about ag, if it’s the passion and the people,…

Allen County leaders agreed to set aside money every year for major road improvement projects. Road and Bridge Director Mark Griffith laid out his plans for a road improvement fund, similar to the way the…

The Iola Public Library will host a meet-and-greet for Paul Griffin, author of books for juvenile and young adult readers, from 5 to 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 28, in the library meeting room. The event…

HUMBOLDT — School board member Sandy Whitaker said she’s received more calls about a plan for a four-day school week than ever in her 20 years on the Humboldt board.  Most calls were concerned parents…

Max and Candice Grundy have lived in Iola for two years.   And already, they take great pride in what they call “our town.”  California transplants, the Grundys are known for their recent purchase of…

Iola attorney Charles Apt III is one of four candidates vying for a pair of magistrate judge vacancies in Chanute April 16. The 31st Judicial District announced in a news release that the four nominees…

The discovery of a body in southern Allen County may have resolved the 5½-year mystery of a missing Iola man. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) and the Allen County Sheriff’s Office are conducting an…

Renowned opera singer and Gas native David Holloway offered a loving tribute to his mother, Elta May, and the value of a college education as he delivered the keynote address at the Allen Community College…