The USDA commodity food distribution will be held on Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025, from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. (or until all boxes are distributed). Distribution is at 2301 Main Street in Parsons. This will ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: Recently, I underwent breast cancer surgery at my local hospital. Imagine my surprise when I found several staff members who weren’t wearing masks in the operating room. Later I ...

TOPEKA — A formerly Kansas-based trucking company that tried to sue its unionized employees for blocking modernization efforts will return to court to attempt to extract millions, or potentially ...

As our nation pauses on Nov. 11 to recognize the sacrifices made by those who have served in our Armed Forces, the Parsons Police Department takes the opportunity to honor the veteran members of its ...

JOPLIN, Mo. — Brian Walter Shaw, age 67, of Joplin, Missouri, passed away peacefully on Nov. 6, 2025, at Communities of Wildwood in Joplin. He was born on Jan. 1, 1958, in Parsons, Kansas. Brian ...

Retired First Sergeant, Henry A. Gatewood Jr., 84, passed away the morning of Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025, at Labette Health in Parsons. Henry Arthur Gatewood was born on July 6, 1941, to Henry and Maxine ...

Steve Fincher, center, standing in for eldest marine, Steve Ray, left, passes a piece of cake to Mark Hall, right. Hannah Emberton/Sun photo Local Rotarians honored local veterans during a recent ...

The publisher at the time, Josh Umholtz, — who you may know now as the publisher of Farm Talk here in town — took a chance on ...

Thursday evening, shortly after 5 p.m., a pickup truck caught fire on 17th Street, in between Main Street and Broadway, just ...

ALTAMONT — In a rematch of the co-SEK League champions in the second round of the KSHSAA 4A playoffs, the Labette County ...