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“I’d be hard-pressed to say we have one (juvenile) a month” incarcerated at the Southeast Kansas Juvenile Detention Center in Girard, Sheriff Bryan Murphy said, after Allen County commissioners were urged Tuesday morning to consider…

Supervised training for nurses and staff in specialized areas. Telemedicine programs. Marketing tools and community outreach. Preparation for facility surveys and compliance reviews. Help with physician recruitment. Those are a few of the services Hospital…

Column: Rick Vink was one of the first people I interacted with, at least on a coach-reporter basis, when I rolled into town almost a year ago. Vink and his Post 15 Iola Indians were…

Allen County employee Alin Martin uses a backhoe to position large boulders on the southeast corner of the courthouse square. The boulders are part of a new landscape project at Madison Avenue’s intersections with Jefferson…

Arrests reported An Iola Police Department traffic stop Sunday in the 400 block of South Colborn Street led to the arrest of Kyla Wertz, 36, Iola, for suspicion of driving while suspended (second offense), no…

On Sunday, dozens of joyous women climbed into the driver’s seats of their luxury vehicles, fired up their engines and drove through the streets of the Saudi Arabian capital of Riyadh. It must have felt…

EUREKA, Kan. (AP) — The governor has declared an emergency after eight people were injured when a tornado slammed into a small town in eastern Kansas. The tornado touched down Tuesday night in the Greenwood…

MILWAUKEE, Wis. — There was once a point early this season, before the Royals lost 19 games in April and well before they fell to 20 game outside of first place in the American League…

Calendar Monday-Cemetery Board meeting, City Office, 7 p.m. Little League Girls Pigtail tournament at Colony, July 13-15 Meal site Friday-pulled pork, potato wedges, country veggies, hamburger bun, sunshine fruit; Monday-Salisbury steak, mashed potatoes, Autumn blend…

The Iola United Methodist Women began their May 24 meeting by singing with residents at Windsor Place before going to Calvary UMC to meet. Barbara Hafer shared from the prayer calendar about a musical group…