Twenty-nine vendors hosted scores of visitors Tuesday Iola’s Dr. John Silas Bass North Community Building for the Senior Health Fair hosted by Thrive Allen County. Among the participants, Paula Drybread, left, and Melanie Smith represent…

LAHARPE — Organizers of a citywide cleanup need two ingredients to ensure this year’s effort is as productive as in years past: 1. Yards to clean; and 2. People to help clean them. The LaHarpe…

SAVONBURG — Color David Janssen a realistic optimist. The Savonburg City Councilman was asked to peer into a crystal ball and eye the community’s future, say five or 10 years down the road. On one…

Thrive Allen County is one of 10 project teams across the state of Kansas awarded a Change Community Solutions grant.  NetWork Kansas, a Kansas-based nonprofit dedicated to the growth of entrepreneurship and small businesses, approved…

Local artist Stephen Gilpin will speak Friday morning about his progress on designing a mural for the Lehigh Portland Trail complex. Gilpin was chosen from nine finalists who had submitted designs for murals to be…

A new public transportation program could take over the county’s senior bus service. Jeff Keithly, director of ART, and Lisse Regher, CEO of Thrive, asked county commissioners to consider a consolidation between their general public…

ELSMORE — Elsmore’s strengths are a testament to living in rural America. Friendly neighbors with personal connections often make even the most mundane tasks enjoyable, noted Alice Bolin Tuesday. Bolin was one of about 15…

Elsmore residents are invited to gather for a community conversation at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Elsmore Methodist Church. Thrive will host the conversation. All Elsmore residents are welcome to come share their ideas and…

The cost of child care rivals the cost of college, Logan Stenseng, an advocate with Thrive Allen County points out.  Plenty of effort is made to help families understand how scholarships, grants and other assistance…

It’s been a week of celebration on top of catastrophe in Iola.  Late last Saturday I was never so happy as to hear the drone of our electricity come online in the south end of…