A country-pop foursome is coming to the Bowlus Fine Arts Center on Saturday. The Hall Sisters draw inspiration from past decades, combining their favorite bits and pieces of iconic sounds to create their own style. …

CHANUTE — Chanute city commissioners are debating what to do about  a quarter-cent sales tax set to expire next year. At their May 8 meeting, commissioners discussed their options if they want to extend the…

BOURBON COUNTY — A section of K-3 Highway in southern Bourbon County will be closed for a bridge replacement project starting Thursday. The Kansas Department of Transportation said the Paint Creek Bridge, about 1½ miles…

In his first year as president of Pittsburg State University, Dan Shipp would frequently visit with students about their thoughts on life in general, but in particular, their concerns — “the things that keep them…

A construction company is crying foul over the Iola City Council’s decision to go with another bidder to handle a street extension project in north Iola. Kent Wicker is president of Heck & Wicker, Inc.…

Carri Sailor, owner of Rookies Sports Bar and Grill, remembers going to Ken’s Pizza as a child to make pizzas.  Whether that memory led her to open her own restaurant, it definitely inspired her to…

TOPEKA — The unemployment rate in Kansas is expected to decrease in 2024, with the state poised to add thousands of new jobs, according to new employment predictions. Wichita State University’s Center for Economic Development…

MORAN — Mallory Heim implored her fellow Marmaton Valley High School graduates to look forward, not backward, now that their high school careers are complete. Heim, valedictorian for Marmaton Valley’s Class of 2023, quoted the…

For many members of the Iola High School Class of 2023, Saturday’s commencement was their first “graduation” since kindergarten. They didn’t have a ceremony to commemorate moving on from elementary school, class speaker Macie Hoag…

The theme was “A Blast From the Past,” but Friday’s Little Oscars ceremony showed there’s plenty in the present worth celebrating as well. Iola High School’s 58th annual celebration of the performing arts crammed a…