Council Grove and Morris County residents gathered yesterday to celebrate Arbor Day (4 days late due to the weather) and recommit to the town’s greener future with a ceremonial tree planting. To…

A significant gap between voter turnout and survey participation framed discussion at Monday night’s USD 417 Board of Education meeting, where officials reviewed 265 survey responses from a pool…

For those who grow up in the Flint Hills, fire is a familiar tool. Controlled burns are part of land management, and with that comes a different perspective on wildfires. A common question heard local…

A slow-moving storm system produced multiple tornadoes across east-central Kansas on Thursday, April 23, including an EF-1 tornado that caused significant damage along the north side of Lake Kahola in…

The Sunday, May 3rd Kaw Mission Councils Westward Expansion Lecture Series will be the 175th Commemoration of the Kaw Mission. The program will be held at The Territory Ball Room, located at 117-119 W…

When someone moves into a community, they can often hear, “You’re not from around here.”

That may be true, but as I was told years ago, getting ready to enter vocational ministry, &ld…

Doug Wendel, of Council Grove, captured this stunning photo of a water lily while he was at a botanical garden in Overland Park. Wendel said, “I was just enjoying a relaxing afternoon taking pic…

A planned restructuring at Michelin North America’s Emporia facility will result in the phase-out of one of its product lines and impact approximately 100 employees, according to information rel…

Auditors have released the second phase of a review into Kansas’ Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), identifying potential misuse tied to recipients who may no longer reside in the…