The Kansas Department of Transportation is currently repairing a short stretch of pavement about 6 miles north of Chanute on U.S. 169 in Allen County. Work involves full-depth concrete repair at up to four locations…

Concrete repairs near the Elm Creek bridge on U.S. 169 near Iola will cause traffic delays over the next few weeks, the Kansas Department of Transportation reported. Crews are doing a full-depth concrete repair over…

A contractor has begun a sign replacement project for highways U.S. 54, 169 and 59 in Allen County. Work was to begin Monday along the 67 miles of highway. Work should be done by mid-summer,…

A field survey team will work along U.S. 169, just south of the U.S. 54 junction outside Iola. The workers plan to begin a field survey to gather information for proposed pavement rehabilitation, the Kansas…

A Chanute woman was killed Monday in a two-vehicle accident south of Humboldt. The Kansas Highway Patrol reported Jerri L. Francis, 58, Chanute, died when the pickup she was driving crossed over the center line…

GARNETT — Work to rebuild a roundabout at the intersection of U.S. 169 and U.S. 59 south of Garnett continues on schedule, the Kansas Department of Transportation announced this week. Crews are widening the lanes…

Iola’s Community Involvement Task Force is seeking the public input on a pair of billboards. The billboards are on opposite sides of Iola on U.S. 169 and measure 12 feet tall by 22 feet wide.…

A Mound City man was killed after his car slammed head-on with a pickup south of Humboldt Tuesday. The Kansas Highway Patrol reported that Morgan L. Wakefield, 29, was killed after his car, a 2011…

A bridge on U.S. 169 spanning the Neosho River has been reduced to one-lane traffic, in order to perform bridge repair. The bridge is on the Allen/Neosho county line.  Traffic will be guided in the…

Traffic along U.S. 169 was anything but normal on a harrowing Monday for motorists as emergency crews responded to a pair of accidents hours apart along the same stretch of road. The first, occurring just…