The Iola Elks donated $1,000 to the Adopt a Child program organized by Iola’s First Baptist Church. The money was part of the Elks National Foundation Gratitude grant they received to give back to the…

Dale and Maria Erb of LaHarpe will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary Friday, Nov. 28. They were married Nov. 28, 1975 at St. Martin’s Catholic Church in Piqua, Kan. The Erbs have two daughters, Virginia…

Joyce Lynn Storrer, 65, of Moran, died Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025, at Allen County Regional Hospital, Iola. Joyce was born Aug. 30, 1960, in Iola, to Max R. Spillman and Velma L. (Robb) Spillman. She…

As COVID-19 vaccination guidance continually evolves, local health officials remind families that vaccines remain available for all age groups — including infants and children — through the SEK Multi-County Health Department and any other providers…

GARNETT — Work to rebuild a roundabout at the intersection of U.S. 169 and U.S. 59 south of Garnett continues on schedule, the Kansas Department of Transportation announced this week. Crews are widening the lanes…

A newly announced statewide articulation agreement with Emporia State University will make it easier for graduates of Allen Community College and the 18 other Kansas community colleges to transfer into designated bachelor’s programs at ESU.…

More than 60 area professionals spoke Thursday morning at a Career Conversations event coordinated by Dana Daugharthy, USD 257’s CTE coordinator and guidance counselor. The event was focused on exposing students to careers in pathways…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine is at a pivotal point in its four-year fight to defeat Russia’s invasion, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in an address to the nation Friday, with Ukrainians potentially facing a choice between…

Federal investigators released dramatic photos Thursday of an engine flying off a doomed UPS cargo plane that crashed two weeks ago in Kentucky, killing 14 people, and said there was evidence of cracks in the left wing’s…

NEW YORK (AP) — A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website has been changed to contradict the longtime scientific conclusion that vaccines do not cause autism, spurring outrage among a number of public health…