Chris and Ella Lubbers, owners of Strategic Partners of Parsons, have pledged $75,000 to support the next phase in Labette Community College Foundation’s Pathways to the Future Capital Campaign.

A child custody issue has landed a Parsons couple in legal turmoil because they are accused of removing the children from their custodial home in 2018.

A judge ordered a Parsons woman to stand trial for three felonies related to collecting public assistance when she allegedly was not entitled to it.

OSWEGO — Labette County commissioners on Friday agreed to spend up to $25,000 to have tree limbs or branches cut back from the Big Hill Lake road.

The Labette County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a truck theft in rural Oswego from Thursday.

A Parsons man has been charged with aggravated arson.

Parsons city commissioners on Tuesday will consider an agreement that could lead to an expansion of the fifth-generation of cellphone technology.

The expansion of Medicaid in Kansas could result in $1.8 billion in increased economic output.

A Labette County judge is reviewing the law and testimony to determine if a Kansas City, Kansas, man convicted of robbery will have his case dismissed.

OKLAHOMA CITY — An Oklahoma woman received credit for time served and three years of supervised release for her role in a two-state cattle rustling scheme that ended in December 2018 upon its discovery.

A state and federal investigation into the Glenwood Resource Center in Iowa and the firing of its superintendent, Jerry Rea, has raised questions for some about what might have happened at Parsons State Hospital and Training Center prior to Rea retiring.

CHETOPA — The Chetopa City Council approved an amendment to the city’s 2019 budget that added $100,000 in expenditures.

At 3:45 a.m. Friday a citizen came to the Parsons Police Department to report someone breaking into his or her vehicle. It was reported that the witness was able to follow the suspects and gather a vehicle description and a tag number. Officers, using that information, discovered the tag bel…

Parsons police with the help from other agencies searched a hotel under construction in Parsons on Thursday night.

The 11th Judicial District Nominating Commission has sent the names of three nominees for district judge to Gov. Laura Kelly, who has 60 days to decide who will fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Jeffry Jack.

Labette Community College announced a $150,000 gift from The Sunderland Foundation of Overland Park that will provide significant support for the Pathways to the Future Capital Campaign to renovate and expand the college athletic facilities.

Starting in March, city of Parsons utility customers can no longer get an extension on their bills.

A project valued at over $1 million for a local Freightliner shop gave a last-month boost to the total valuation of construction projects for 2019, but the final tally still fell far short of 2018’s.

An Altamont man received probation instead of prison Wednesday for choking a woman during an argument in 2017.

A Parsons man will serve nearly four years in prison for making a threat and for two probation revocations.

A Coffeyville man faces a felony and several misdemeanor charges after leading law enforcement on a long, high-speed chase on Dec. 30.

A rural Edna man could spend another two months in jail for assaulting his wife twice in 2018 and then be released.

A Parsons man pleaded Wednesday to one of two counts of failing to register as a sex offender.

A Parsons man in custody for rape and other serious charges did not want to give up his right to a speedy trial, so attorneys and a judge got the three trials scheduled for April before the 150-day deadline expires.

A company that plans to make automated props for the entertainment industry will get free space in a city building for six months.

The Labette County sheriff has forwarded paperwork to the Labette County Attorney’s Office to consider charging an Edna man with drug possession.

A former high school librarian and coach charged in Labette County District Court with two counts of aggravated endangering a child, both lower level felonies, is seeking diversion.

OSWEGO — Labette County commissioners met Monday morning and reviewed abatements and refunds before conducting employee evaluations.

INDEPENDENCE — Bobby Dierks, who has been suspended as Montgomery County sheriff for 10 months, reached a court settlement through which he was officially removed from office on Monday.

A new engineering firm may move into a city of Parsons building.

Parsons police arrested two people for drug possession following a traffic stop Thursday night.

OSWEGO — Labette County commissioners agreed on Tuesday to transfer nearly $1 million from the road and bridge budget into special line items for the same department to save money for projects and purchases in 2020 and thereafter.