YATES CENTER — The future of the Yates Center Police Department is decidedly murky after City Council members voted Tuesday evening to substantially downsize the department later this year. In a surprise vote, the Council…

A boil order has been issued for water customers in the Allen County Rural Water District (RWD) 15. The order was issued Tuesday by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment. The water district includes…

Allen County could move toward a structured, long-term vehicle replacement plan under a plan presented to commissioners Tuesday by Ken Olsen of Enterprise. Olsen, a senior account executive in Enterprise’s Fleet Management division, Merriam, said…

Allen Community College is bringing “community” to the stage for its next production. The ACC Theatre Department is teaming with the Iola Community Theatre to present “Our Town” April 24-26, at the Bowlus Fine Arts…

Don Coover, Democratic candidate for the 2nd District seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, spoke to a crowd of about 30 gathered at the Dr. John Silas Bass North Community Building Thursday.  The event…

Humboldt and Marmaton Valley high schools celebrated their Winter Homecomings Friday. Humboldt’s Kenton Nassir and Rylee Woods were crowned King and Queen, while Marmaton Valley’s Garrett Morrison and Kylah Sander took the honors. 

GARNETT — For the second time in less than three weeks, Garnett officials had to contend with a product spill on city streets. This time, the product was quickly identified as wet distillers grain that…

On Wednesday morning, Troy Smith learned almost half the funding for the 31st Judicial District’s drug court program had been eliminated as of the previous evening.  Smith directs the drug court program, which works to…

Gas resident Karen Trester’s life was nearly cut short before it even had a chance to begin. At just six months old, Trester survived a railroad crossing accident in Iola that killed three members of…

Allen County residents now receive emergency notifications through a new alert system, Genasys, following the county’s transition away from the long-used CodeRED platform. County commissioners unanimously approved the change in August 2025, with the new…