The next meeting of the Sunflower Quilters Guild will be Monday, Sept. 27, at the Humboldt United Methodist Church, Fellowship Hall, 806 N. Ninth, Humboldt. The board meeting will be at 9:30 a.m. and guild…

The Iola Amateur Radio Club will host a booth Oct. 16 at Iola’s Farm-City Days celebration. Plans were discussed at Saturday’s regular club meeting with eight members and two guests in attendance. Several have inquired…

Southwind Extension District 4-H members from Allen and Neosho counties competed Sunday, Sept. 12, at the Kansas State Fair Photography Judging Contest.    Judging in the intermediate division from the Southwind Extension District was Jackson…

COLONY — Darren McGhee gave Communion Meditation at Colony Christian Church Sunday on “Reflect.”  After the Sept. 11 attacks, churches were filled but it didn’t take long for people to go back to their worldly…

Thrive Allen County hosted a Community Conversation on Tuesday evening at the Carlyle Presbyterian Church. Residents of Carlyle and surrounding areas took the opportunity to share their ideas, concerns, and vision for the future of…

COVID-19 vaccine refusal rates may be high among white evangelical Christians, but the International Mission Board — which deploys thousands of missionaries — is not hesitant about the shot. The global agency of the Southern…

Wilbur Lee Smith, age 84, Fort Scott, formerly of Pleasanton, died on Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021.   His funeral service will be at 2 p.m. Friday, Sept. 24, at Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Pleasanton…

Terri Carlene Walker, age 60, of Moran, died Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021, at her residence. She was born April 13, 1961, in Eureka, to Carl Miller and Zella (Briggs) McVey.  She married Mike Walker on…

WICHITA, Kansas — Armstrong Drees could have gone to kindergarten last year. He didn’t. His mom, Lindsay, worried about COVID-19 outbreaks, particularly before a vaccine was available for the adults and teens around him. She…

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Within his first week back at school after a year and a half, 7-year-old Ben Medlin was exposed to a classmate with COVID-19, and he was sent home, along with 7,000…