Jobs alone don’t help a community grow. You need a diverse supply of affordable housing, too. An extensive housing report released this week shows a strong job market in Southeast Kansas, but growth is hampered…

Kansas has a lot of affordable houses. Problem is, people are living in them. And they probably need a little work. When someone finds a nice house at a reasonable rate, they don’t want to…

Kansas is an agricultural powerhouse, producing 64% of the nation’s sorghum and 23% of its winter wheat. We’re ranked third in cattle production and beef processing, according to the Kansas Department of Agriculture. So why…

As leaders from 17 Southeast Kansas counties descended on Iola Thursday for a regional meeting of public officials, they faced road construction from three of the four directions heading into town. That might have been…

The blazing sun was beginning to blast the summer air as I shambled down the streets of Sedan in Chautauqua County, half asleep. I’m the polar opposite of a morning person, but sleeping in a…

In the spring of 1873, young Billy Toll was driving cattle past the Bender Inn in Labette County, on his way to Sunday School, when he noticed the place looked deserted. His suspicions were confirmed…

Just a few weeks before COVID-19 vaccines became available, Teddi Van Kam got sick from the virus. The director of the Crawford County health department, in far southeast Kansas, was laid out for four weeks.…

PITTSBURG, Kan. (AP) — Every time a patient enters her office, Krista Mijares, a Pittsburg pediatrician, asks them and their parent if they’ve been vaccinated. If not, she makes her pitch. Do they want to…

Time for a wider perspective. But in order to get there we’re going to have to climb to reach a vantage point high enough to provide a more encompassing story of southeast Kansas. Luckily, I…

GARNETT — Imagine the smell of baked bread, then beer. That’s the air at the East Kansas Agri-Energy ethanol plant, which Gov. Laura Kelly was in Garnett to tour on Wednesday. Flanked by representatives from…