Allen County Commissioner David Lee worries “big government” is preventing private practice physicians from setting up office. “We’re forcing doctors to have to come and work in these organizations whether they want to or not.…

President Donald Trump recently acknowledged what American farmers have known for decades: immigrant labor is indispensable to our agricultural economy. From tending crops to processing poultry and dairy, immigrants make it possible for American families…

Multiple athletes donned the Allen Community College red and black for the first time while suiting up for Media Day. With the regular season just around the corner, and exhibition games starting Friday, ACC athletes…

More than a month of action will come to an end this weekend as the Iola Recreation Department Women’s Slow-Pitch League kicks off its league tournament Friday. Tuesday, Iola Recreation Department officials announced the tournament…

The Iola High School cafeteria was buzzing with ideas and optimism at Thrive Allen County’s “Community Conversation” Tuesday evening. Iolans pulled up chairs, rolled up their sleeves, and got down to business discussing opportunities for…

Several Iola High School seniors were busy painting parking spaces at the school Wednesday morning. It’s been a long-standing tradition for incoming seniors to personalize their parking spots ahead of their final year. Each chose…

IOLA MUNICIPAL COURT Judge Patti Boyd Convicted as follows: Jeep Harper, Nevada, Mo., improper use/sale of fireworks, $175 Britton C. Klotz, Buffalo, driving while suspended, $415 Patrick D. Nee, failure to yield, $195 Edward M.…

TOPEKA — A cheese manufacturing plant in western Kansas created hundreds of new jobs, but developers needed help building enough housing for the plant’s workers. The state program that helped fund 40 homes in a…

Michael Maloney of Ray’s Metal Depot makes quick work Wednesday morning with the demolition of what had been a filling station years ago at the intersection of Washington Avenue and Broadway Street. The structure later…

SANTA MARIA, Calif. (AP) — Rising temperatures on Wednesday posed new challenges for firefighters who have made incremental progress against a massive wildfire in central California that injured four people as it became the biggest blaze in…