Last week, Jared Nash of Parsons was in Washington, D.C., with other members of the Kansas Soybean Association to visit with Sen. Jerry Moran. Courtesy photo ...

The Parsons City Commission on Monday agreed to recommend a payment of $8,000 from the D.V. Reed fund, created for the needy poor, to the American Advocacy Initiative. The stated reasons for the ...

Labette County was one of 16 KSHSAA schools, and one of a dozen public schools in Kansas, to earn the AVCA Team Academic ...

ABOVE: Jonathan Hucke plays an electric guitar he built to match the appearance of a Fender Telecaster. He used a kit and the build took about three months to complete. He said he matched the body’s ...

Gay Ann Santos, 79, of Parsons passed away the afternoon of Monday, July 21, 2025, at Freeman West in Joplin. She is survived by her husband, John Santos, of the home. The Forbes-Hoffman Funeral Home ...

CHETOPA — A traffic stop on Sunday evening turned up 5 pounds of methamphetamine in the trunk of a car traveling through ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Earl Phillip Butler, 93, passed away peacefully on Monday, July 14, 2025, in Jacksonville, Florida, following a brief illness. Born on Nov. 7, 1931, in Independence, Missouri, ...

Frankie A. “John Wayne” Reyes, 91, of Parsons passed away the afternoon of Friday, July 18, 2025, at his home. Frankie Alfred Reyes was born on June 17, 1934, to Angel and Luciana (Lazarin) Reyes in ...

OSWEGO — The Oswego Historical Museum and Genealogy Center on Saturday honored the memory of Staff Sgt. Joe Schreppel.

LABETTE COUNTY FAIR: The Labette County Junior Fair Board provides activities for 4-H youth at the Labette County Fair. In this game, which was part of Barnyard Olympics, youth were able to try to ...