MILDRED — Seniors in northern Allen County wanting to take part in the Southeast Kansas Area Agency on Aging’s (SEKAAA) 60+ Dine program traditionally came to Iola for meals served through the Allen County Regional…

Agriculture officials are preparing to send out payments to U.S. growers of fruits, vegetables and other specialty crops later this spring after a several-month delay. The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently announced the list of…

On Wednesday morning, Troy Smith learned almost half the funding for the 31st Judicial District’s drug court program had been eliminated as of the previous evening.  Smith directs the drug court program, which works to…

College students at Kansas State University are increasingly eyeing careers in nuclear technology. So the school has relaunched a bachelor’s degree that originally blazed a trail in the U.S. for nuclear studies. This news comes…

USD 257 administrators Brad Crusinbery, Scott Carson, and Andy Gottlob, accepted a check for $1,323.58 at Monday evening’s board of education meeting. The donation comes from G&W Grocery Store’s long-running receipts collection program. Superintendent Stacey…

TOPEKA — Kansas turned in a 60-page application last week in hopes of receiving a share of $50 billion in federal money designed to transform rural health. Nearly one-third of Kansans live in rural communities,…

For more than 30 years, the federally funded Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education (SNAP-Ed) has helped individuals and families in Anderson, Franklin, and Osage counties make healthier food and lifestyle choices.  The program, however, came…

TOPEKA — Gov. Laura Kelly added nine highway expansion and modernization projects valued at $442 million to Kansas’ transportation pipeline. The announcement in Lindsborg on Wednesday represented the fourth round of projects in the state’s…

It’s a fact, caregivers have higher levels of stress than non-caregivers.  If you are serving as a caregiver to a loved one, I want you to know you are fulfilling a valuable role. I also…

Ancient Indian petroglyphs in the Smoky Hills of central Kansas depict human figures, animals and geometrics. Geologist Rex Buchanan, who’s co-authored a book about them, will give a presentation at Iola Public Library at 7…