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…

Iola High’s growing squadron of fledgling pitmasters tasted sweet success Saturday. The Iola Underhogs, the school’s second-year barbecue cookoff team, ventured to Wichita Saturday for the Kansas High School BBQ Association state meet. Iola took…

MORAN — A cold front that barrelled into Allen County overnight with gusty northwest winds caused an extended power outage for several Moran residents. City Clerk Taeler Carr said Evergy crews had to deal with…

Allen County Commissioners continued conversations Tuesday morning about the creation of a Road and Bridge Committee, as well as starting once-a-month evening meetings.  At the Feb. 11 meeting, Commissioner David Lee recommended creating a citizen-led…

Charlotte Lewis (nom de plume of Karan Bailey) will be at the Iola Public Library from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday for a meet-and-greet and book signing.  She has a whole string of mysteries and…

Iola Area Chamber of Commerce supporters and staff braved foul weather Tuesday morning to celebrate Clock Tower Mercantile’s new location at 3 N. Jefferson, Iola. Owner Angie Rourk and business partner Starla Shields will host…

Chris Belknap’s sleuthing skills topped all others Saturday at the Iola Public Library. Belknap was the first to correctly surmise the perpetrator — Dusty Tomes — in the dramatic conclusion of a dinner theater hosted…

YATES CENTER — While maybe not immediately apparent, changes have come to Yates Center Dental. The business, located in downtown Yates Center, was recently acquired by Southeast Kansas Mental Health Center (SEKMHC).  According to a…

Last August, Thrive Allen County was awarded an $11.9 million grant to fund a statewide Navigator program over the next five years, designed to enroll otherwise uninsured residents into the Affordable Care Act health insurance…

HUMBOLDT — Things are moving right along at The Growing Place. The daycare and preschool center located in Humboldt continues to work on facility expansion thanks to a pair of grant funding mechanisms. Lately, uncertainty…