MILDRED — It’s been a century since Mildred’s halcyon days. At one time, the little burg at the northeast corner of Allen County had a population of more than 2,000, with a cement plant that…

Farm-City Days Committee members were handed a proverbial lemon this month, when they learned there would be no carnival with this year’s celebration. They’ve turned it into lemonade, with a full schedule for Friday and…

The Ele Nails building at 1 E. Madison is getting a revamp in preparation for the Iola Chamber of Commerce’s third mural, which will be painted on the building’s west wall. “We figured with the…

HUMBOLDT — Humboldt Historical Society will stage its annual Appreciation Day Saturday at the HHS complex, Second and Neosho streets. The event is from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. and will feature museum tours, entertainment…

The NFL hadn’t experienced a week of inept offenses like it did this past weekend in nearly a decade. With superstar quarterbacks Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen unable to generate even 20 points in their…

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Natalee Holloway was beaten to death on a beach in Aruba and her body pushed out to sea after refusing the advances of the chief suspect in the 2005 killing, who…

Kenneth Fay Goodner, age 63, of Chanute, died on Sunday, Oct. 15, 2023, at the Kansas Heart Hospital, Wichita.  He was born Oct. 20, 1959, in Iola, to Howard Goodner and Ernestine (Barnes) Goodner. He…

Darlene May Thouvenell, 86, of Olathe, died on Sunday, Oct. 15, 2023. Services are entrusted to Countryside Funeral Home 101 N. Highland, Chanute.

LONE JACK, Missouri — Auctioneer Dirk Soulis opened bidding on a 1929 oil landscape painting by the late Kansas artist Birger Sandzén at a modest $40,000. Within 45 seconds, bidding surged past $100,000. “Thank you,”…

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — President Joe Biden said Wednesday that Israel had agreed to allow humanitarian assistance to begin flowing into Gaza from Egypt, with the understanding that shipments would be subject to inspections…