LAHARPE — With the big night less than two weeks away, Santa and his elves are continuing their global surveillance and reconnaissance efforts. Santa will continue his information gathering at 10 a.m. Saturday at the…

Used tires have found new life in a festive snowman at J-D’s Automotive in Iola. Instead of taking them to the landfill, employees Stratton McGhee and his brother Gentry decided to use the tires to…

Cinema Next employees were tasked with placing the new China Palace signs in front of the restaurant at 110 N. State St. A breezy south wind proved a bit cumbersome as they placed the 7×10…

Pastor Steve Traw’s sermon came from Psalm 67 at Sunday’s Carlyle Presbyterian Church service. It begins with, “God be merciful to us and bless us. And cause His face to shine upon us. That Your…

FORT SCOTT — Roughly 7,000 wreaths will be placed at grave sites at the Fort Scott National Cemetery as part of its Wreaths Across America service. The 10 a.m. ceremony on Saturday, Dec. 13, will…

Wesley United Methodist Church has announced that food commodities will be distributed in Iola Monday, Dec. 22, at 4:30 p.m. “We are thankful to offer it one more time this year, and at such a…

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…

Cliff and Kim Ralstin, owners of The Humboldt Union and The Yates Center News, have put their weekly newspapers up for sale. “It’s just time for a change,” they announced in their publications last week.…

The Iola Area Chamber of Commerce brought back a holiday tradition Saturday with a Christmas parade in downtown Iola. Throngs endured a blustery wind that did little to chill the fun and excitement.

A two-man crew from Trailblazer Installation of Shawnee was busy Saturday afternoon installing parts of the new splash park at Meadowbrook Park. Trailblazer Installation is a subcontractor for Athco LLC, a Lenexa playground equipment company…