LAWRENCE — The Kansas Honor Scholar program will honor high-schoolers across the state for their academic achievement. The program, a longstanding tradition of the University of Kansas Alumni Association and KU Endowment, recognizes students ranking…

LAHARPE — The LaHarpe Veterans of Foreign Wars post will host a picnic for area veterans and their families Sept. 22. Hot dogs, chips and drinks will be served at lunch, while a number of…

MOSCOW (AP) — The two Russian men charged in Britain with poisoning a former Russian spy with a deadly nerve agent appeared on Kremlin-funded television on Thursday, denying their involvement in the attack and saying…

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — A judge has ruled that a Kansas sheriff’s deputy was demoted because he couldn’t succeed at the police academy and not because of alleged discrimination based on his sexual orientation. U.S.…

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas Food Bank officials say an expanded Wichita warehouse will allow the organization to provide 1 million more meals across the state. Debi Kreutzman, spokeswoman for the organization, says in a…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Topeka Zoo officials say a 58-year-old elephant was euthanized after she couldn’t get up for the second time this week. Topeka spokeswoman Molly Hadfield says the elephant, Sunda, was euthanized Wednesday…

For most of the eastern United States, this is a week of high anxiety — fixated on a swirling red, green, and yellow blob at the bottom of the TV screen and the increasing certainty…

The Humboldt Chamber of Commerce, along with city officials and residents, officially welcomed Bijou Confectionary to downtown Humboldt Monday with a ribbon cutting ceremony. The candy shop, owned by Beth Barlow, pictured in the center…

The government said Tuesday that it plans to triple the amount of space for migrant children traveling without a parent at the Tornillo immigrant detention camp so that up to  3,800 of the children can…

Problems with internet connections that have plagued the district since the start of the school year should be resolved this week, USD 257 Board of Education members were told at their meeting Monday night by…