Many moons ago, Stephen Gilpin found himself sprinting down New York City streets at night, weaving along sidewalks choked with pedestrians and darting onto the street to avoid oncoming traffic. He was late for a…

CHANUTE — Dr. Dave Guernsey, a family physician and president of Ashley Clinic, recently saw a patient who was concerned about her son’s behavior. Guernsey called Southeast Kansas Mental Health Center to see if they…

A restoration project 12 years — and counting  — received a big boost this week. Crews from 5M Restoration, Fort Scott, began removing loose brick from near the north roof of the old Iola Theatre…

HUMBOLDT — Humboldt will come alive with music this weekend. The Middle of Everywhere Music Festival returns for its second year. This year’s event  has an expanded list of performers and a pre-party on Friday…

Rookies Sports Bar & Grill is pulling itself out of the ashes after a fire on Aug. 11. Owners Carri and Mike Sailor had already been planning to open a second facility at 2402 N.…

Local advocates will gather Friday at the Recovery House at 16 N. Buckeye to recognize September as National Recovery Month from substance abuse disorders. Since 1989, Recovery Month has been held every September to promote…

Allen County voters will decide in November whether to approve bonds up to $9.95 million for a courthouse remodel. The project is led by a committee including 31st Judicial District Chief Judge Daniel Creitz, who…

Test scores for nearly all grade levels in the Iola school district lag behind the state, but the district’s curriculum director says those numbers don’t tell the full story. If you dig into individual student…

A new public transportation program could take over the county’s senior bus service. Jeff Keithly, director of ART, and Lisse Regher, CEO of Thrive, asked county commissioners to consider a consolidation between their general public…

Recent efforts to fill vacancies within the Iola Fire Department are bearing fruit. Six new employees — Casy Weast, Dakota Parker, Zachary Wilper, Brogan Nicholas, Sage Shaughnessy and Sarah Heisler — were hired Aug. 21,…