It took a few years longer than anticipated, but the owner of Sharky’s restaurants in Fort Scott and Nevada, Mo., soon will open a third bar and grill in Iola. David Lipe, who owns the…

COLONY — Crest High School students learned a bit about kickstarting a business this week. Several business graphics students took part Tuesday in the first ever Anderson County Entrepreneurship Challenge. The students were tasked with…

Margaret Bennett is trading in her fabric softener for a paint brush. “It’s not gonna be very exciting,” Bennett promised of her retirement, which became official Tuesday after she and daughter Susie signed over Bennett’s…

B & B Country Cafe at 324 W. Garfield was abruptly shuttered Tuesday morning by the State of Kansas. A sign on the door said the property was seized by the Department of Revenue for nonpayment…

HUMBOLDT — Between the COVID-19 pandemic, running a business and adopting a child, Stacy Mueller felt herself stretched pretty thin over the past couple of years. Something had to give.  So Stacy closed her downtown…

Want a boost of confidence? Get your nails done, said Taylor Salzwedel, owner of Eccentric Nail Studio. “It’s cool to be who you want to be, and nails are such a confidence thing,” she said.…

MORAN — With enrollment numbers dwindling, Marmaton Valley High School will no longer offer a number of business classes. “It was a tough decision to make,” USD 256 Superintendent of Schools Kim Ensminger said. “We…

TOPEKA — After concurring with a House proposal, Kansas senators sent a bill providing an incentive package to a secret company expected to invest billions of dollars in the state to the governor for final…

I thought I was the Bally table king. But I just handed my pinball crown to him. — “Pinball Wizard,” The Who Curtis Utley’s latest addition to his workspace has nothing to do with car…

HUMBOLDT — Opie’s will be serving up its last slice of pizza in downtown Humboldt on Sunday, Feb. 13. Owners Nobby and Terra Davis said the decision to close the family-style restaurant after 4½ years…