HUMBOLDT — Gerald Lucas asked Humboldt Council members Monday night if they could “make my yard whole again.”  Lucas, 112 W. Cherokee St., complained that on July 7, city employees “tore down half of my…

The halls of McKinley and Jefferson elementary schools have been quiet for years. No clatter of lunch trays, no shuffle of little feet, no morning announcements crackling through the intercom. But if all goes according…

For years, Iola has had what amounts to a toothless ordinance for when it comes to nuisance properties, City Administrator Matt Rehder noted. It’s about to carry a bigger bite. Rehder presented to City Council…

Traffic along U.S. 169 was anything but normal on a harrowing Monday for motorists as emergency crews responded to a pair of accidents hours apart along the same stretch of road. The first, occurring just…

CLAIRTON, Pa. (AP) — After an explosion rocked a steel plant outside Pittsburgh, workers scrambled into the wreckage alongside firefighters. A cloud of black smoke rose above a charred pickup truck as rescuers sprayed the scene with…

CLAIRTON, Pa. (AP) — After an explosion rocked a steel plant outside Pittsburgh, workers scrambled into the wreckage alongside firefighters. A cloud of black smoke rose above a charred pickup truck as rescuers sprayed the scene with…

ATLANTA — Investigators on Tuesday said they recovered more than 500 shell casings from the scene of last week’s chaotic shooting outside the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The disturbing detail, which illuminated the dramatic scope…

Joey Berntsen emerged unscathed, and feeling not a little fortunate, after being freed from a grain bin north of LaHarpe Thursday evening. Berntsen, 66, had been working on top of a pile of corn when…

Two people were taken to the hospital Monday morning following a three-vehicle accident south of Iola. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, Anthony T. Edmondson, 36, Lawrence, was northbound on U.S. 169 in his 1999…

Brad Henderson knows community colleges can change lives. After all, attending one changed his.  Fresh out of high school, Henderson felt stuck in a job he didn’t like. He was unsure of what he wanted…