Iola Public Library director Sharon Moreland speaks to a group of museum directors and other personnel Monday during  a spring meeting of the Southeast Kansas Museum Alliance. The Alliance, which covers 16 counties in this…

Prom-goers showed up in their formal best as Marmaton Valley and Crest High Schools hosted their junior-senior proms Saturday. Some utilized unusual forms of transportation (a horse) and attire (as in “Dumb and Dumber”-style tuxedoes.

Iola High School and Iola Middle School students tested their musical abilities, and their endurance, Saturday for a 12-hour Practice-A-Thon. The students came and went through the morning and afternoon, with seven making it all…

Iola Elementary School’s annual carnival, hosted by the IES Parent Teacher Organization, drew throngs of students and family members to the school Saturday. There, they partook in an assortment of games, while feasting on popcorn…

BURLINGTON — The Coffey Health System Board of Trustees has voted to cease obstetrics care at Coffey County Hospital, according to a report from the health system’s marketing department published in the Coffey County Republican.…

LE ROY — Last week’s Le Roy City Council meeting saw the sudden resignation of council member Bryson Meats after the reading of a citizen complaint and a court-issued protection order, according to the Coffey…

Kenleigh Westhoff, a senior at Iola High School, has earned a place on the national stage with her heartfelt and innovative FCCLA project, “Birthday Celebration Kits.” After receiving top honors at the state conference on…

HUMBOLDT — Beth Barlow admits she’d given little thought to investing in renewable energy in the past. “People have emailed us, asking if we’d consider solar, and I’d always dismissed those,” she said.  “And then,…

Navigators, who serve as a guide to help people select and enroll in health insurance plans on the federal marketplace, are likely to be harder to find in Kansas because of federal funding cuts. Those workers…

Shania Charles knows all too well the pressure young athletes face when they head off to college. Charles grew up on a small Caribbean island before heading to Allen Community College last fall to play…