My family went to Venice, Italy, this summer. We stood in the world’s first ghetto, where guards locked in Jews each night. There was a man sitting at a table with pamphlets in support of…

ith a postseason loss to eventual national champion Cowley County, the Allen Community College Red Devils believe 2025 may be their year.  The Red Devils are eager to get back on the court and face…

Charles Robert “CR” Whitcomb, 86, Bronson, died Saturday, Aug. 2, 2025, at Anderson County Hospital in Garnett. Charles was born on July 17, 1939, the son of Melvin and Ruth Whitcomb. He married Inda Wiklund.…

Construction in Iola’s Cedarbrook Third Addition is moving forward steadily, bringing the community closer to a goal of expanding housing options. Three more homes are being built in the subdivision on Iola’s north side of…

LAHARPE — It took a couple of swings to get it done Wednesday, but LaHarpe has a 2026 spending plan in place. City Council members approved the city’s budget, which will see the ad valorem…

Advocates from Allen County Recycling will speak Monday with Iola and county leaders about their vision of a countywide recycling program. The topic has been discussed at both Iola City Council and Allen County Commission…

DNIPROPETROVSK REGION, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian soldiers on the battlefield expressed little hope for a diplomatic solution to the war, as U.S. President Donald Trump’s deadline arrived Friday for the Kremlin to make peace and he eyed a possible…

Emergency crews successfully extricated a man who had become partially buried inside a grain bin filled with corn Thursday evening. The Allen County Sheriff’s Department reported the man, whose name has not been released, did…

I was 13 years old on Aug. 9, 1945, when the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan. We lived less than two miles from ground zero, but by some miracle, I survived.…

TOPEKA — Gov. Laura Kelly appointed an attorney in private practice who has argued cases before the state and federal appellate courts to fill a vacancy on the Kansas Supreme Court. The governor said Thursday…