HUMBOLDT — Downtown Humboldt was abuzz Saturday with stories and memories of generations past, as a Dia de los Muertos celebration brought together literature, food, music and local history in a powerful testimony to the…

What was once an aging storefront on Madison Avenue has been completely transformed into a bright, welcoming space ready to serve the Iola community once again.  MJ’s Boutique & Consignments, 113 W. Madison Ave.,  is…

Iola’s Community Involvement Task Force is seeking the public input on a pair of billboards. The billboards are on opposite sides of Iola on U.S. 169 and measure 12 feet tall by 22 feet wide.…

A team of volunteers gathered Saturday for LaHarpe’s annual Cleanup Day. The event, hosted by LaHarpe PRIDE, featured a number of Kansas State University and Allen Community College students, Thrive Allen County and other volunteers,…

Allen Community College and Pittsburg State University have created a new pathway for students to pursue a degree in technology management. The articulation agreement, signed Monday in Wichita,  allows students who complete a technical associate…

Iola Elementary School students dressed as monsters, princesses, superheroes and everything in between during their annual Halloween parade Friday afternoon. 

Coffey County is throwing its hat into the ring to bring in a second nuclear power plant. County commissioners approved this month a resolution declaring their interest in becoming home to a cutting-edge Natrium nuclear…

As food pantry shelves in Southeast Kansas should be filling for the holidays, they are instead beginning to go bare, the demand is so great. That’s because of the fear that the federal Supplemental Nutrition…

For generations, breast cancer was something most women thought about after 40 — a conversation to have “someday.” But today, “someday” is coming sooner than anyone expected. More and more women in their 30s and…

If Doug Kerr has a pet peeve, it’s hearing people complain, but never offer to help. There are those who want to do little more than argue, perhaps make snide comments or two on social…