Early on Monday, Parsons Police Department officers responded to a report of a suspicious person in the 1400 block of Belmont, leading to the arrest of a repeat offender with a lengthy criminal ...

OSWEGO — Labette County commissioners on Monday approved financing for the purchase of a new truck for the county’s emergency preparedness director. Commissioners opened five financing bids from local ...

PITTSBURG — EaglePicher, which manufactures batteries and energetics, broke ground Thursday on a new facility in Pittsburg. The 20,000 square foot building will be used for battery and energetics ...

LEFT: Chapters JE and BS, P.E.O. Sisterhood, honored Saylah Rea (right) with two scholarships totaling $1,000 for her first year at Cottey College. Chapter JE members Janie Barcus and Barbara Ward ...

The Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) and the Fort Scott Police Department arrested a Fort Scott man for child sex crimes. On Wednesday, around 1 p.m. KBI agents and the Fort Scott Police ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A celebration of life service for Steven D. Hartman, 71, who died on Friday, May 30, 2025, will be from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 2, at the Parsons Convention Center at the Holiday Inn in ...

Frankie A. “John Wayne” Reyes, 91, of Parsons passed away the afternoon of Friday, July 18, 2025, at his home. Frankie Alfred ...