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

LABETTE COUNTY FAIR: The Labette County Junior Fair Board provides activities for 4-H youth at the Labette County Fair. In ...

RIGHT: Braelyn Moore walks her bucket calf through the show arena at the Labette County Fairgrounds on Tuesday. Ray ...

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

Michael Lee “Mike” Redburn, 73, passed away on Wednesday, July 23, 2025, at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita. He was born on ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...