In the late 1800s, a man known as “Buckeye Bill” came to Paola and developed an auctioneering business second to none.

Did you hear about the train robbery that occurred in Miami County?

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission recently found that one in five Americans have an error on at least one of their credit reports.

John Brown Jr. was John Brown’s first born, and, like his father, was a dedicated abolitionist. But that was only one aspect of his complex beliefs.

Morris Ammon Schroeder was born in Redding, Pennsylvania, in 1858. In 1879, he came to Kansas and worked as a harvest hand on a farm near Eudora.

If everything appears easy, surely it is, right?

Have you noticed a change?

1917 was the beginnings of World War I for the United States and was the start of the International Lions Clubs.

James Townsend was a militant abolitionist who provided transportation for John Brown and his abolitionist guerillas to the modern-day Lane, Kansas, area to perpetrate the Pottawatomie Massacre.

Did you notice all the new college signees last week? It seems like colleges are signing taller players.

Sisters Jackie Greene, Willa Wilhoite, Mary Jackson and Aggie Dillard decided one day that they wanted to open a bakery.

I am typing away and watching the blue sky slowly disappear.

John Brown was an extremist and militant abolitionist who utilized violence against pro-slavery advocates in Kansas Territory and during his raid on Harpers Ferry.

Back in the mid-1860s, county records were stored in an old building on the west side of the Square.

Another beautiful bitterly cold winter sunset is preparing to call it a day.

Most older businesses, establishments, organizations and groups have a past, present, and look to the future for growth and prosperity.

The current movement to edit history to reflect current cultural ideals is a dangerous trend that renders the value of history as a source of positive or negative lessons to either be emulated or avoided in the present moot.