MILDRED — Dustin E. Vanatta, Humboldt, was killed after deputies said he was hit by a train Wednesday morning. According to the Allen County Sheriff’s Department, Vanatta apparently parked his vehicle about 50 yards east…

With several big-ticket items looming on the radar, Allen Community College trustees pulled the trigger on a handful of major capital projects Tuesday. The biggest — replacing the roof of the main Iola campus building…

At a recent community conversation in Iola, attendees noted they’d like to see greater collaboration among the various governing bodies who make the day-to-day decisions for the community. Becky Nilges was listening. Nilges, chairwoman of…

TOPEKA — Texas businessman Brad Heppner’s insistence on construction of a grandiose $20 million grocery store in Hesston proved too complicated for the project to get off the ground before the unsealing of an indictment…

Iola High School’s “Honk, Jr.” is dedicated to the kids picked last for a football game, the ones who bring weird foods for lunch, the teenagers who lose sight of who they are as they…

The U.S. Supreme Court has extended through Thursday a pause on lower courts’ orders that the Trump administration authorize a full month of benefits for a food assistance program that 1 in 8 Americans use…

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The U.S. Mint in Philadelphia is set to strike its last circulating penny on Wednesday as the president has canceled the 1-cent coin. President Donald Trump has ordered its demise as costs…

Sheena McGhee snapped this photo of the Aurora Borealis between Colony and Le Roy Tuesday night. Rare geomagnetic storms made the Northern Lights visible to much of the continental United States, even reaching as far…

TOPEKA — South Korean residents who move to Kansas are able to exchange their driver’s licenses for state credentials under an agreement solidified Monday, and Kansans can do the same in South Korea. The agreement…

HUMBOLDT — Humboldt Council members agreed to renew the city’s insurance plans for health, dental and vision at their meeting Monday evening.  Health insurance premiums increased by 10% and dental by about 9% for next…