YATES CENTER — The wind was blowing steadily from the south, and my breathing shallow, as I sat catty-corner from the Hotel Woodson on Yates Center’s town square, watching the vehicles pass. My favorite are…

The mystery of Mrs. Charles Scott’s missing $8 was solved Thursday by SAFE BASE students, who used metal detecting wands to dig through the dirt for eight gold coins. Allen County Historical Society director Kurtis…

The first time I met Theresa McNett she said, “I have had spirits following me my whole life.” Looking back now, I recognize the ambiguity of the statement and realize she might have been referring…

Halfway in-between U.S. 54 and Toronto near the banks of Cedar Creek rests perhaps the oldest cemetery in Woodson County, with its first pioneer-era grave dating back to 1857. Once called Pleasant Grove, it has…

Halfway in-between U.S. 54 and Toronto near the banks of Cedar Creek rests perhaps the oldest cemetery in Woodson County, with its first pioneer-era grave dating back to 1857. Once called Pleasant Grove, it has…

A new window display at the Allen County Historical Museum marks the 100th anniversary of the days when it was illegal to make or sell alcohol in Kansas and across the US. The exhibit features…

As is my wont, my January book column is a look back at my favorites among books I read in 2019. My tastes tend to run to history or — for fiction — thrillers, and…

In 1965, Ballou “Stub” Heigele, pictured above, took over his family’s harness, leather and upholstery shop in the 200 block of South Street.  Four generations of the Heigele family ran the business that was begun…

There’s a likely chance that most who enter the doors of the Dr. John Silas Bass North Community Building have never heard of the trials and tribulations the building’s namesake endured more than 150 years…

The Kelley Hotel on South Washington glistened on a snowy night in the 1960s. The hotel closed in 1970 after a glorious tenure. Ira D. Kelley founded the hotel in 1908. Business was brisk and…