Dianne Matheny and her dog, Sampson, were veteran hikers. Newcomers to Allen County, the duo moved to Moran last fall and have since traversed the Lehigh Portland Trails many times, and frequently ventured to other…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Migrants fearing deportation set mattresses ablaze at an immigration detention center in northern Mexico, starting a fire that killed at least 40 people, the president said Tuesday, in one of the…

CHANUTE — A bout of recent fires, including one of a vacated house that already had been condemned, are under investigation. The Chanute Tribune said the Kansas Fire Marshal’s office is investigating a fire at…

The cause of a fire that damaged the home of  Calvin Coday has not been announced. Coday’s house at 3881 Connecticut Road, northwest of Savonburg, burned Thursday morning. Volunteer firefighters from the Elsmore/Savonburg, Humboldt and…

Firefighters from Elsmore-Savonburg, Humboldt and Allen County Rural fire departments were at the scene of a house fire Thursday morning northwest of Savonburg on Connecticut Road. Calvin Cody and his family was able to get…

A storage bin filled with bales of straw caused a small but pesky fire — and plenty of smoke — Saturday at Orscheln Farm & Home. Iola firefighters were on the scene within minutes of…

Iolan Gabe Walisky left his house around 11 a.m. on Thursday morning to buy groceries and stop for a quick cup of coffee when a neighbor called to tell him his house was on fire.…

HUMBOLDT — Sabrina Butler has been inundated with offers of help. And she will gladly accept it, as she deals with the aftermath of a Friday fire that gutted her childhood home. “I’ve had so…

Volunteer firefighters battled bitterly cold temperatures in a pair of fires over the weekend. The first call came in shortly after noon Friday, when Humboldt firefighters were called to the home of Sandy Butler in…

When Austin Sigg’s life was hanging in the balance, he could think of only to call his wife, Emily.  “I needed to tell her I love her before I died,” he said.  And for reasons…