The anti-meat group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, or PETA, vows to erect a billboard near Salina as a memorial to six head of cattle killed in the August crash of a cattle…

Two of Iola’s three existing elementary school buildings could be converted into affordable living complexes for older adults, if voters eventually decide to build a new school, USD 257 Board of Education members learned Monday…

Iola City Council members approved the purchase of two vehicles for the Iola Police Department, but declined buying a third vehicle for other departments to use. Council members approved Monday, 4-2, the purchase of a…

KINCAID — The Kincaid Free Fair will take festival-goers from “Pioneer Days to Modern Ways” starting Thursday. The three-day festival, which swells Kincaid’s population from about 200 people to several thousand, kicks off with a…

Calling it a “first step” to shoring up the city’s water fund, Iola City Council members approved a 10-percent water rate hike, effective Jan. 1. Other steps are still to come. Even with the rate…

Iolans will be given the option to round up their utility bills to the next dollar to support a local agency that gives aid to utility customers. Iola City Council members approved Monday a “Roundup…

Attorneys alleging their meetings and phone calls with clients at the Leavenworth Detention Center were unlawfully recorded can move forward with a class-action lawsuit, a federal judge ruled last week. U.S. District Judge Stephen Bough…

Summer vegetables are arriving by the armload in kitchens across the country. And plenty of those tomatoes, peppers, onions and herbs are going into homemade salsa. Not all salsas are created equal, however, according to…

Prairie Dell 4-H Annika Hobbs – Clothing Construction, Purple; Senior Poultry Judging, 18th Kahlan Roloff – Color Photo, Blue; Senior Photography Judging, 83rd Jackson Wilks – Color Photo, Blue Peyton Weast – Black & White…

As the Independent candidate for Kansas Governor, Greg Orman likes to paint his opponents as a choice between starvation and gluttony, leaving himself as the balanced diet. According to Orman, Republican Kris Kobach would derail…