Three-year-olds “Ring the Bells” during a Christmas program for McKinley Elementary School, Munchkinland Preschool and Ready, Set, Learn Preschool, at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center on Thursday evening. The 4-year-olds also took their turn on…

Allen’s women’s soccer team swept the top three prizes in the Jayhawk Conference. A plethora of players were also named to All-KJCC teams. Forward Claudia Zahui won player of the year and midfielder Yasmin Evans…

Pamela Jean (Goodner) Baker, age 75, was born June 9, 1946, at Allen County Hospital in Gas, the daughter of Howard and Ernestine (Barnes) Goodner. She left this world on Dec. 10, 2021, at Overland…

The Humboldt school district has canceled classes for students for the rest of the week because of a rise in COVID-19 cases. That will take students into the winter break. Classes will resume Jan. 4;…

A powerful storm system swept across the Great Plains and Midwest Wednesday evening, leaving much of eastern Allen County without power well into the wee hours this morning. Power remained out in Moran this morning…

TOPEKA — Steve Stites is nervous. Hospitals, he says, are “full, full, full.” The chief medical officer for the University of Kansas Health System is monitoring a steep climb in COVID-19 hospitalizations, almost entirely from…

Keith Berns is a farmer by trade, but on Wednesday, he might as well have added scientist and economist to his business card. Berns is founder and co-owner of Green Cover Seed, based in Bladen,…

Ava Windt leapt into Nicole Segalini’s arms when she saw the EMT recently for the first time in over a year. Their relationship goes back to the beginning, literally. Segalini delivered Ava on a cold…

The cost of remediating mold at the Medical Arts Building will be nearly 10 times less than expected. The Allen County Regional Hospital facilities board approved a bid by a local cleaning contractor to address…

Don’t forget about Elsmore. That was Brenda Boyle’s request to county commissioners, as she asked for help with stormwater projects. Elsmore received $10,000 in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds, and decided to use the…