YATES CENTER — The sight was almost too much to comprehend. A wildfire, fueled by winds in excess of 60 mph, was exploding by the second. “It looked like a living hell,” Iolan Kaleb Evans…

A southeast Kansas woman is becoming a household name on social media. Katherine Umbarger has turned her love of homesteading into a lucrative business, selling an estimated 16,000 copies of her self-published cookbook in a…

YATES CENTER — The 31st Judicial District announces plans for the Woodson County District Court to open a temporary location at 114 N. Main, Yates Center, due to repairs being made to the elevator in…

PIQUA — The Woodson County Sheriff’s Office responded Saturday evening to an incident at the Knights of Columbus in Piqua. It was reported on social media that several individuals were involved in an altercation that…

Tyners named grand marshals YATES CENTER — Rick and Cora Tyner were named grand marshals for the upcoming Toronto Days parade, according to the Yates Center News.  Toronto Days is from July 1 to July…

YATES CENTER — Classes were canceled for schools in Woodson County Thursday because of a threat made to Yates Center High School, district administrators announced early that morning. The incident apparently was related to threats…

“I’m proud to be a part of the 2% that feeds the other 98%,” declared Aidan Yoho about his experience in farming.  A freshman at Allen Community College, Yoho recently won first place in the…

TOPEKA — The 31st Judicial District Nominating Commission met Friday morning to discuss the process to fill a district magistrate judge vacancy in Woodson County. The vacancy was created by the Jan. 8 death of…

Allen County isn’t currently at risk of fire danger, but an extended stretch of hot, dry weather has prompted Woodson County officials to enact a burn ban, effective immediately. Jason Trego, Allen County Emergency Management…

HUMBOLDT — Two people are in custody following a 34-minute car chase Wednesday that started in Yates Center and ended in Humboldt. Kansas Highway Patrol spokesman Rick Wingate said James Waggoner, Erie, was driving a…