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HUMBOLDT — Students caught a glimpse of their future selves Tuesday, getting a few lessons on the (virtual) realities of adulthood along the way. Humboldt High School students took part in a pair of projects…

Calvary, 118 W. Jackson Ave., was the site of today’s Lenten Breakfast on behalf to eh Iola United Methodist Church. Christopher Holloway III delivered the devotion to bless the meal and start the event.  The…

Cara Barkdoll, Allen County’s register of deeds for the past 20 years, is seeking another term in office. Barkdoll began working as a clerk under her predecessor, Jacqueline Webb in 1997. She was appointed to…

The Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) will begin a project to reconstruct and rehabilitate 7½ miles of U.S. 169 in Anderson County starting Monday.  The project includes the complete reconstruction of 169 from Welda north…

Iola will likely change how it funds its economic development efforts. “It’s time to cut our ties with Thrive,” Iola City Councilwoman Nancy Ford said Monday, during the Council’s annual strategic planning session. In the…

In an effort to better understand the needs of everyday Kansans, Topeka Mayor Michelle De La Isla suggests leaders metaphorically walk in the shoes of someone who lives in poverty.   De La Isla was…

YATES CENTER — The wind was blowing steadily from the south, and my breathing shallow, as I sat catty-corner from the Hotel Woodson on Yates Center’s town square, watching the vehicles pass. My favorite are…

HUMBOLDT — The coyote’s ears pricked, unaware that the source of the yipping and howls he heard were not a prospective mate, but digitally manufactured. The coyote scuttled from a patch of brush to find…

Janice Porter, director of the Allen County Animal Rescue Facility, helps call out numbers for a benefit bingo game Saturday at Rookie’s in Iola. A capacity crowd filled the restaurant, with proceeds going to ACARF,…

SALINA — Iola High School’s Logan Brown earned the first state wrestling title in school history today, in dramatic fashion. Just inches away from being pinned by Aysten Perez of Ulysses, Brown was able to…