JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A growing number of governors ordered a partial shutdown of their state economies Monday to limit the spread of the coronavirus, mandating that certain retailers cutoff sales, restaurants kick out…

Election officials in an Illinois county are encouraging poll workers to use blue painter’s tape to mark the floor every 6 feet so voters can keep their distance while waiting in line because of the…

All “non-essential” businesses in Allen, Anderson, Bourbon and Woodson counties were advised to close their doors beginning Tuesday morning to help curtail the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus that is sweeping the nation. Rebecca Johnson,…

What a difference a week makes.  At 9:30 a.m. on March 8, B & B Country Cafe bustled. Tables were full. Wait staff rushed to take orders and fill coffee mugs. It might be a…

Iola and LaHarpe city officials are closing their respective city halls to the public and taking other preventive health measures in light of the ongoing COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. Among the steps: — Iola City Hall,…

Visitors to Allen County Regional Hospital will need to check themselves before they enter the facility, an early precaution to keep visitors from spreading illness to others and hospital staff amid concerns about a deadly…

In order to help maintain normalcy at area clinics, hospitals and pharmacies it’s vital that those who suspect they may have the COVID-19 virus to not act on their first impulse — walk in their…

With the coronavirus causing school to be cancelled, my son brought his schoolwork home. He shared with us a Greek mythology worksheet about Pandora’s Box. If you aren’t familiar, the Greek god Zeus gave a…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Gov. Laura Kelly and Kansas’ top education official on Sunday urged public schools to remain closed this week, and the state health department called for people who are traveling outside the…

Iola city officials announced today they are closing City Hall to the public and taking other preventive health measures in light of the ongoing COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. Among the steps announced by Mayor Jon Wells…