As voters headed to the polls Tuesday, Allen County Commissioners proclaimed Nov. 3, 2020 as “Election Worker Appreciation Day.” With a record number of voters casting their ballots early or by mail, the recognition for…

Scott and Amy Welch of Our Market once again approached Allen County commissioners in search of support in their venture to launch a butcher shop and grocery store in Humboldt. Our Market, which would open…

About 18% of registered Allen County voters have already cast their ballots for Tuesday’s election. In all, a record 1,663 early votes have been cast. The county clerk’s office has sent out 1,121 advance ballots…

My hands are still trembling as I write this. Fingers like ice. Pray, dear friends, to never see what I have seen. For not only will the sane rhythm of your heart never return. ……

An Allen County group will meet online tonight to talk about racism in Southeast Kansas. The group, Allen County Kansas, for Democracy, will have an online discussion at 7 p.m. Find the group’s Facebook link…

Allen County’s positive coronavirus cases continued to increase this past week, but at a slower pace.  The county reported eight new cases for a total of 112, according to a weekly report from the Southeast…

Allen County commissioners received a check for $192,500 to represent CARES/SPARK funding allocated to Kansas counties, at their meeting Tuesday. About 20 local businesses and 20 local nonprofits will receive the funds. Thrive Allen County…

In his bid for re-election, state Rep. Ken Collins, R-Mulberry, said he’s prepared to cut the state budget in an effort to make up for revenue losses incurred by the COVID-19 pandemic. “We’ll have to…

The Farm City Days annual fall festival carried on with extra precautions for the coronavirus pandemic.

The German philosopher G.W.F. Hegel once quipped that, contrary to popular opinion, the most concrete things in the world are heady, complex thoughts, whereas it’s everyday modes of thinking and speaking that are abstract, detached…