Area students interested in pursuing a trade need not worry about the cost of an education. The trustees of the Barbara and Herschel Perry Charitable Trust recently announced they will be directing the trust’s funds…

Law enforcement personnel from Allen, Woodson and Coffey counties have been scouring the areas around Neosho Falls this week in search of Joseph Leftwitch, who is being sought in connection with a string of thefts…

FORT SCOTT — While Allen Community College trustees begin the search for a new president, leaders of Fort Scott Community College are facing administrative challenges of their own. Trustees there placed President Jason Kegler on…

Marmaton Community Vacation Bible School has seen exceptional attendance this week, according to organizer Kelci Botts. “Today, we had 62 in attendance,” she noted Wednesday morning. The week-long summer camp runs through Friday, from 9…

Tuesday morning’s Allen County Commission meeting saw a series of budget proposal presentations from department heads and discussion of a proposed tiered salary increase system. Commissioners agreed examining the tiered approach to the salary increase…

Allen County voters will have few local decisions to make this election cycle, as most county-level races are uncontested after Monday’s filing deadline.  Voters in county commission District No. 3 will select a new representative…

MILDRED — Charley Pogue of Blue Mound frequently drives the 10 miles to The Mildred Store. When family members from Lawrence were visiting this weekend, he brought them to the store’s 10th anniversary celebration.  They…

Family Safety Night returns this week for its 11th year of providing educational safety information for youth and families. The event kicks off at 5:30 p.m. Thursday on the east side of the Iola square…

“Am I going to die today?” Billie Call asked her son, Terry. “Is this the day?”  “I told her no, that we’d find a way to get her out,” Terry Call said Thursday.  But in…

A decision to sell the city-owned Erie Market highlights the challenges of keeping a grocery store in a very small community. It’s a struggle some communities in Allen County — Humboldt, Moran, Mildred — know…