WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration moved closer Tuesday to rolling back Obama-era rules reducing oil and gas industry leaks of methane gas, one of the most potent agents of climate change. The Environmental Protection…

The Sorosis Club met Monday at the country home of Vicki Curry, with 13 members and three associate members. Mary Ann Patterson talked about her experience cleaning her parents’ home. She found pictures and articles…

PLATTE CITY, Mo. (AP) — Police officers spent two hours investigating a suspicious plastic container found behind a Missouri sandwich shop before determining it was a high school science experiment. KMBC-TV reports that police were…

WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — Coastal residents fleeing a potentially devastating blow from Hurricane Florence encountered empty gasoline pumps and depleted store shelves as the monster storm neared the Carolina coast with 140 mph winds and…

The next director of the Bowlus Fine Arts Center says he wants to respect the center’s history as a cultural staple of southeast Kansas, while bringing back big-name acts and capitalizing on economic development efforts…

Iola’s leaky water fund will run dry by the end of 2019 without a rate increase, Iola City Council members were told Monday. The troubled fund has been the focus of several Council discussions this…

HUMBOLDT — The USD 258 board of education voted unanimously on Monday to lend the Humboldt name to a new area trapshooting club that will be formed in partnership with the Kansas State High School…

HUMBOLDT — Humboldt may get more bang for the bucks it budgeted for sewer improvements. City Administrator Cole Herder told council members Monday night an engineering misstep reduced cost for the ongoing sewer project by…

To be an oil person in Kansas is to understand that bad times follow good and that betting on any dip or upswing is a game for suckers. Yet it can be so tempting when…

Sewer work needed under highway YATES CENTER — Two large piles of dirt on both sides of Highway 75, along with heavy equipment, are part of a repair project to replace sections of sewer under…