Family Safety Night brought area youth to downtown Iola Thursday for an evening of fun and safety education, sponsored by Allen County Multi-Agency Team (ACMAT). The Iola Fire Department capped things off with a blast…

MORAN — It didn’t take Katie Bigelow long to embark on what she hopes is a long career as a daycare provider. When Bigelow received her diploma from Iola High School in May, she’d already…

HUMBOLDT — Daycare providers and early childhood educators will be celebrated in style Tuesday evening. The Allen County Child Care Task Force is hosting the celebration from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the Humboldt Sports…

Long before baseball legend Walter Johnson was ever known as the Big Train, he had a moniker more geared to his southeast Kansas roots: The Humboldt Thunderbolt. The Humboldt native grew up to become one…

A county employee was injured in an accident at the rock quarry near the landfill on Tuesday morning. The employee was unloading rock on an unlevel area, and the truck tipped over when he raised…

The Iola school district boosted pay for bus drivers in hopes of overcoming a shortage of drivers. The Marmaton Valley and Humboldt districts aren’t currently facing a driver shortage, but Marmaton Valley also boosted bus…

With Allen Community College in the midst of its centennial celebration, Josiah D’Albini figures students would benefit from learning about tradition— or even starting new ones. D’Albini, the college’s director of student life, spoke to…

It took several phone calls, but the county got an answer about when dust control efforts will begin. Mark Griffith, road and bridge director, told county commissioners Tuesday he finally was able to confirm that…

Local Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts took part in a flag retirement ceremony in a scout campout in LaHarpe over the weekend. The Scouts incinerated several torn and battered flags. Doug Northcutt of LaHarpe provided…

Iola school board members agreed to try a program that gives free meals to students next year. But it’s going to take the entire community to make it successful and keep the program going, Superintendent…