There is a new business in town and it’s providing a mix of services. The Phone Shoppe is a cell phone store, which provides nationwide prepaid cellular plans through Page Plus.  Located at 110 East…

It takes a skilled operator to make a booming pipe organ sound like music.Ron Baker, the new chief executive officer of Allen County Hospital, will be a guest musician at First Christian Church on Palm…

Churches ready for egg hunt About 40 volunteers, mostly members of youth groups from First Assembly of God and Fellowship Regional churches, filled 8,000 plastic eggs with factory wrapped candy Wednesday evening.The eggs will be…

Parsons commissioners voted Monday to purchase three used vehicles, two patrol cars and a truck. The three cost just a touch over $50,000.Chief of Police Scott Gofourth told the Parsons Sun it was an opportunity…

A planned memorial park honoring Kansas’ President Dwight D. Eisenhower hangs in jeopardy because Eisenhower’s heirs dispute its design by architecture great Frank Gehry.Eisenhower’s granddaughters, specifically Susan and Anne, are at odds with the design…

The Humboldt Senior Center will get a facelift.Commissioners approved two projects, one for $1,536 from Decorator Supply, Iola, for new carpet; the second, for $135, will have the center’s name repainted on the front window.…

Getting exercise doesn’t always have to mean long workouts and sore muscles. Taking a walk around the town square can be enough to improve one’s health. That’s the message Thrive program director Damaris Kunkler is…

The Burkes have a knack for helping out people in their community, and having some fun while they’re doing it. This Saturday Robin and Dave Burke, owners of 5 O’clock Somewhere, will host their second…

Allen County Hospital officially will break the majority of its ties with HCA beginning June 1.The end of the 10-year relationship means the hospital’s financial well-being will be the responsibility of the county and that…

The greatest obstacle to merging Iola and Allen County ambulance services may be concerns about control, Carl Slaugh, Iola administrator, told county commissioners Tuesday morning.Maybe a better word would be accountability, said Commission Chairman Dick…