Major improvements at the county airport received the green light at Tuesday’s Allen County Commission meeting. Commissioners heard an update from Caleb Coltrane, aviation leader at Garver, the engineering firm assisting the county with airport…

Iola native David Toland, the state’s secretary of commerce and lieutenant governor, will not run for governor in 2026. The Kansas Reflector reported Tuesday that Toland ruled out a run for governor and any other…

The 132nd annual Allen County Fair launched in grand (and stylish) fashion Tuesday with the 4-H Public Style Revue. After the Friends of 4-H Dinners started the proceedings, 14 youngsters delighted the crowd by modeling…

GARNETT — A Garnett house was evacuated and nine people were taken to the hospital after exposure to high levels of carbon monoxide Friday. The Anderson County Sheriff’s Department reported receiving a 911 call for…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Activists on Wednesday called for more protests of a new law that they say weakens Ukraine’s anti-corruption watchdogs, following the first major anti-government demonstration in over three years of war. The…

An extra-inning, walk-off home run gave the Iola Hormigas a 12-10 win over the Blackwell Flycatchers in their final game of the season at the campus of Allen Community College. After making a costly outfield…

Barbara Jane (Massoth) Sigler, 76, of Humboldt, died Friday, July 18, 2025, at Overland Park Regional Medical Center. Barbara was born in 1948 in Iola. In 1967, Barbara married Bob Sellman. Barbara later met and…

Evelyn Marie Maloney was born on Aug. 4, 1943 to, Floyd Ronald and Irene (Schmidt) Jantz in Syracuse, Kansas. They later moved to Gas. Evelyn graduated from Iola High School in 1961. On July 24,…

TOPEKA — Kansas Department of Commerce secretary David Toland shared with state legislators his frustration with the third state audit of Kansas’ use of federal infrastructure grants aimed at revitalizing the economy in the wake…

President Donald Trump has taken to routinely maligning Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell as “too late” because interest rates have been on hold at 4.25%-4.5% since he took office.  On Tuesday alone, he characteristically took…