Iola Fire Department crews were quick to respond to a fire Friday mid-morning at 1504 E. Carpenter St., Iola. A storage shed caught ablaze while residents were demolishing it. Kenneth Powell, deputy chief for Iola…

It took roughly three months for Joe Works and Co. to meticulously demolish the old LaHarpe Methodist Episcopal Church, with the last walls coming down Friday. Works dismantled the abandoned church piece by piece to…

LAHARPE — A lot can happen in 65 years. For Joyce and Harry Lee, who celebrate their 65th wedding anniversary today, the past several decades have brought them seven children, 24 grandchildren and 28 great-grandchildren.…

LAHARPE — Time capsules almost never survive the ravages of time, noted Kurtis Russell, director of the Allen County Historical Society.  That proved to be the case when a metal box was found underneath the…

PARSONS — A school building that has been shuttered since 1999 will be demolished. Parson USD 503 members voted, 5-2, Tuesday to have the old Washington School torn down. The building had been used as…

Iolan Jonelle Leslie has a lot of memories of the house at 223 N. Jefferson Ave.  She never owned it, but she lived in the upstairs apartment for 32 years. Now, as the house nears…

Bobbie Lawrence hopes to do a full-scale renovation of a house at 403 E. Lincoln St. in Iola. She’ll have 120 days to get it done. Lawrence’s house was one of five slated for potential…

TOPEKA — Demolition work on the Docking state office building next to the Kansas Capitol could begin in January to prepare the site for construction of a three-story multipurpose building atop the original foundation. Gov.…

Demolition began Wednesday at the former science building at Iola High School. A new science building opened last fall, but the old facility was kept to use the cafeteria to prepare elementary school meals. A…

Building demolition and dirt work began this week at the site of a new elementary school at Kentucky and Monroe streets. Here, crews with Ren Terra LLC remove rubble after knocking down one of several…