GRAND MARSHAL -- Old Settlers Day Parade Marshal Dale Peterson and his wife Carol enjoyed a beautiful day and a good turnout for the annual Alta Vista parade on Saturday.

USD 417 has released the morning bus stop schedules for the 2025-26 school year. Parents are encouraged to review the times and locationss carefully to ensure studednts are rady when the bus arrives. …

Rails to Trails Conservancy, the nation’s largest trails, walking and bicycling advocacy organization, announced Friday that the Flint Hills Trail State Park in Kansas will be the newest member …

When Cade and Haylee Gibb signed the papers on August 1 to become the third owners of Clark’s Farm & Home in Strong City, they stepped into more than a business — they became caretaker…

The USD 417 Board of Education will hold its regular meeting tonight, Monday, August 11, at 6 p.m. at the District Office, 17 Wood St., Coun cil Grove.

Following the call to order and approval of the a…

The Morris County 4-H Livestock Judging Contest was held Monday, July 28, 2025, at the Livestock Pavilion of the Morris County Fairgrounds. Participants competed in beef, sheep, swine, and meat goat j…

People are gathered for church in the swales of the Santa Fe Trail. A circuit-riding preacher rides up on his horse, dismounts, and prepares to deliver his sermon.

Is this a scene from 200 years ago? N…

The Morris County Commissioner meeting was called to order on Tuesday, July 29, 2025, at 9:00 a.m. Commissioners Wayne Kohler and Jim Barber were present. Bill Kassebaum, County Counselor, and Chelsey…

(KSNT) – A new coast-to-coast train service is being proposed that would run through the Sunflower State and give passengers a new way to see the continental United States.

AmeriStarRail has prop…

Kansas Governor Laura Kelly has requested federal assistance for 17 Kansas counties affected by severe storms and flooding between June 3 and June 7, 2025. In a letter to the Federal Emergency Managem…