Want a boost of confidence? Get your nails done, said Taylor Salzwedel, owner of Eccentric Nail Studio. “It’s cool to be who you want to be, and nails are such a confidence thing,” she said.…

MORAN — With enrollment numbers dwindling, Marmaton Valley High School will no longer offer a number of business classes. “It was a tough decision to make,” USD 256 Superintendent of Schools Kim Ensminger said. “We…

TOPEKA — After concurring with a House proposal, Kansas senators sent a bill providing an incentive package to a secret company expected to invest billions of dollars in the state to the governor for final…

I thought I was the Bally table king. But I just handed my pinball crown to him. — “Pinball Wizard,” The Who Curtis Utley’s latest addition to his workspace has nothing to do with car…

HUMBOLDT — Opie’s will be serving up its last slice of pizza in downtown Humboldt on Sunday, Feb. 13. Owners Nobby and Terra Davis said the decision to close the family-style restaurant after 4½ years…

TOPEKA, Kansas – Republicans in the Kansas Legislature aren’t eager to give Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly any big wins ahead of her campaign for reelection. Even so, many are backing her effort to close a…

Tammy Dieker’s labor of love has been equal parts renovation, exploration and perspiration. Dieker, who took over management of The Market Place Flea Market on Jan. 1 from Laura Rasa, has spent the past month…

Allen County Planning Commission members gave their blessing Thursday to Reuben Feuerborn to convert a house next to Feuerborn Funeral Home into a monument showroom and office. Commission members voted 5-0 to reclassify the property…

A vehicle drove through a large window at the front of Twin Motors Ford, 2501 N. State St., and struck a person inside on Monday morning. The person who was injured was able to walk…

It’s been quite a year for Kelly Perry. The Protein Place, a health supplement business she opened one year ago today, has moved into a larger location, and her sister came here to operate it. …