30 years ago July 1994 Three-quarters of the sewing room workers at H. L. Miller and Son will be laid off permanently Sept. 16 in a fundamental restructuring of the company’s business. Company President Ed…

In a world of constant change, where businesses often come and go with the tides of economic fortune, this family-owned establishment in Iola has stood the test of time. What started with Arthur and Martha…

Third graders from Iola Elementary School got a lesson on local history Friday morning. Students spent classroom time this week learning about Iola history. They looked at historic photos that showed what the downtown Iola…

You’ll never have a better reason to sort through your attic or garage than now. Organizers with the “American Pickers,” a History Channel series that explores the world of antiquing, will come this way in…

MANHATTAN — The National Endowment for the Humanities is supporting Kansas State University’s Land Treaties Project to produce educational materials that tell the history of Kansas’s land acquisition and the removal of the Kaw Nation.…

It’s human nature to tell stories about the past, and doctors aren’t immune to that impulse. The second year medical students rotating through my clinic have me reflecting on my own years as a fledgling…

Emily Cowan, founder of the Abandoned Kansas and Missouri branches of the Abandoned Atlas Foundation, recalls seeing her first abandoned place. The Skedee school in Oklahoma had been closed for 50 years, so Cowan was…

NEW YORK (AP) — Beyoncé has made history once again. Her latest album, the epic “Act ll: Cowboy Carter”, hit No. 1 on the Billboard country albums chart, making her the first Black woman to…

HUMBOLDT — “We are not called to do the harvest,” said Pastor Cameron Carter. “We’re called to sow the seed.”  Carter acknowledges that this outlook is what has made Faith Assembly of God in Humboldt…

Twenty-five years ago 1999 Humboldt High School won the Kansas Scholastic Press Association Regional Contest at Pittsburg State University on Wednesday. More than 200 journalists from 15 3A and 4A southeast Kansas high schools participated…