Iola firefighters respond to the scene of a house fire Monday afternoon at 524 S. Kentucky St. The house was shrouded in a thick plume of smoke when firefighters arrived. Additional information, including the cause…

Stylists at Iola’s KT POSH swapped out their normal aprons for ones of a different type, as they embarked on a major remodel of the store over the weekend.

Local students from Iola High School and Marmaton Valley High School demonstrated creativity, business skills, and entrepreneurial spirit at the 3rd Annual Allen County Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge held Thursday at Allen Community College. The event…

The Allen Community College Red Devils bats came alive Sunday as they belted multiple home runs while en route to an 18-1, 19-15 sweep of the Coffeyville Ravens. After coming up short against the Ravens…

A small group gathered at Riverside Park’s community building in Iola Thursday to learn about a proposed constitutional amendment that could significantly change how Kansas selects its Supreme Court justices.  The event, titled “Justice for…

A new charitable initiative seeks to strengthen journalism in Allen County. The Strengthen Allen County News Project, formed late last year, is a collaboration with the Community Foundation of Southeast Kansas, based in Pittsburg. Tax-deductible…

MANHATTAN — Six couples will be honored on March 13 as the 2026 class of Kansas Master Farm Families in recognition of their leadership in agriculture, environmental stewardship and service to their communities. The statewide…

A Mound City man was hospitalized after crashing his car north of LaHarpe just before 8 o’clock Monday morning. The Allen County Sheriff’s Department reported Weston Cochran, 20, Mound City, was eastbound on West Virginia…

State Medicaid budgets will be reduced by a total of $665 billion over the next decade, after President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act cuts federal investment in the health insurance program, according to…

The American-Israeli war on Iran has spiked oil prices, as tankers hesitate to transit the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow waterway connecting the Persian Gulf to the Indian Ocean through which some 20 percent of…