CLAY CENTER, Kan. (AP) — A group of Kansas pranksters are finally coming clean right before the 50-year anniversary of a high school finding a mysterious hole through its roof. Richard Klocke and his friends…

Kansas water use is declining, according to a new report from the U.S. Geological survey. In 2015, Kansas used on average more than 4 billion gallons of water each day. That’s down nearly 25 percent…

MAE SAI, Thailand (AP) — At a gilded temple in Thailand’s mountainous north, Ekapol Chanthawong honed a skill that will serve him well as he sits trapped underground in a dark cave: meditation. Before the…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The father of Republican congressional candidate Steve Watkins set up and funded a political action committee that’s running a $64,000 ad campaign for his son. Creating a PAC allows the father…

It’s only recent history that the mind’s eye can still picture a then-spry Lech Walesa scaling fences and leaping atop platforms to lead the rallying cry of “Solidarnosc!” (Solidarity) in Poland’s fight against Russian tyranny.…

Thirty-two states have now expanded Medicaid, allowing citizens struggling to make ends meet to get extra help with the cost of health care. Seventeen of those states had Republican-controlled legislatures, seventeen have Republican governors. Governments…

President Donald Trump is turning up the heat on his trade war. On Friday the president threatened to slap 20 percent tariffs on European cars; tariffs on $34 billion of imports from China are set…

A new home for Country Traditions will eventually allow owners Chad and Angie Turner to increase the wooden gift items they can offer. But first they need to catch up on filling several cornhole orders.…

6/28 at Fort Scott Girls 6 and under 25 Back – Mariah Mathis, 45.66. 25 Breast – Mathis, 55.18; Moira Springer, 1:16.40. 25 Free – Mathis, 44.44; Springer, 1:33.54. Girls 7-8 25 Back – Bella…

Monday Pixie Iola Pharmacy 14, El Charro 6 Iola Pharmacy Hits – Alexis Lee 3, Jayden Leavitt 3, Emma Michael 3, Shyla Preston 3, Marlee Westhoff 3, Brystal Hudlin 2, Bristol Lieurance 2, Madison Lee,…