COLONY — Start the new year on the right foot by participating in the nationwide First Day Hikes program. Locally, the action begins at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Colony trailhead of the Prairie Spirit…

COLONY — A fire that destroyed Colony Community Church, 322 S. Garfield St., is under investigation as a possible crime, officials said. The fire was discovered at around 6 p.m. Thursday. Fire crews continued to…

COLONY —”We want this to be a center of joy,” said Colony Christian Church Pastor Chase Riebel, referring to the church’s new building at 211 Catalpa St., just south of the town’s baseball and softball…

Pastor Chase Riebel’s sermon Sunday, “Joy Has Arrived,” was based on Luke 2:10. The shepherds were considered of lowly stature but the birth of Christ was announced to them first because Jesus came to save…

Sunday services were in the new church building. Pastor Chase Riebel’s sermon reminded the congregation the building is “a new battleship” from which they can work baptizing and making disciples. Darren McGhee’s communion meditation was…

Colony Day featured a parade, a cornhole tournament, kids tractor pull, homemade pie contest, homemade salsa competition, vendors, and musical entertainment by the band Prairie Fire on Saturday.

COLONY — Head on over to Colony Saturday for a “Home Grown” celebration. The activities include an assortment of classic, small-town festivities including a parade, corn hole tournament, ice cream social, cakewalk and pie-eating contests.…

After 129 years of meeting at 306 N. Maple St., members of the Colony Christian Church capped Sunday’s service by loading their chairs onto a trailer where they were transported to their new location, 211…

COLONY — If you’ve ever felt you have no talents worth sharing, Colony’s United Methodist Church will prove you otherwise. “Cathy cuts, I stuff, Jane sews, and Pat totes,” Debbie Wools said of the crew’s…

Beginning this week, Allen County residents can expect surveyors along 3.3 miles of U.S. Highway 169 between Carlyle and Colony. The Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) began a survey Monday to gather information for proposed…