Students in the Iola school district will be able to get health care at school next year.  On a split 4-3 vote, the USD 257 board approved a plan with Community Health Center of Southeast…

It’s a scenario parents and teachers face all too often. A child complains of a sore throat and goes to see the school nurse. Yes, the nurse determines, it looks like there could be a…

It’s a man-bites-dog news story. Fort Scott announced Monday that it will once again have a hospital. The welcome news bucks a 20-year trend of shuttering rural hospitals. Since 2005, almost 200 rural communities in…

The Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas is expanding its Walk-in Care hours from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. starting Monday, Dec. 6. Patients do not need an appointment to be seen for walk-in care…

In the beginning, Thrive’s annual banquet was intended to solely shine the spotlight on locals who make this corner of the world a better place to live. After 14 years, however, it’s become evident Thrive…

Local health officials are working on plans to offer COVID-19 vaccine boosters for all three shots, and for children ages 5 and 11 once approval of that vaccine is available. The CDC on Thursday endorsed…

With the goal to have children in school as much as possible during the pandemic, school officials are taking advantage of the program “Test to Stay and Learn,” which provides on-site testing for the coronavirus…

As COVID-19 cases continue to rise in Allen County and across the state and country, health care experts urge vaccinations as the best weapon against the virus. Dr. Brian Wolfe, a physician with the Community…

What went wrong? After nearly a year battling the COVID-19 virus and vaccines approved last winter, life was supposed to have returned to normal by now. And at first, that seemed to be happening. Starting…

Teenagers and children as young as 12 soon will be able to get the COVID-19 vaccine in Allen County, but only at one local clinic, the Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas, and only by…