Hutchinson —The Kansas State Fair’s 4-H/FFA Grand Drive program is broadening beyond its annual livestock competition to reward not only top-notch animals, but the hard-working youth that raise them. At the 2019 Kansas State Fair,…

HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas State Fair is welcoming some unusual food vendors and new attractions this year, from deep fried Pina Coladas to an inaugural Bread Sculpture contest. The fair in Hutchinson opened…

Registered nurses at 15 hospitals owned by the nation’s largest for-profit hospital chain — including Research Medical Center and Menorah Medical Center — have voted to authorize a strike if contract negotiations remain at an…

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — A 33-year-old man who left a loaded semi-automatic handgun within reach of toddlers pleaded no contest to charge resulting from his daughter’s death. In exchange for the plea to two counts…

After Saturday’s women’s tennis match at the U.S. Open I’m beginning to question my qualifications as a feminist. In my mind, the umpire rightly penalized Serena Williams when he spotted her coach signaling her instructions…

70 Years Ago September 1948 Construction of the addition to M&M Packing company east of Iola has progressed rapidly over the past month. The Dalton Construction Co., Joplin, Mo., has the contract. This firm also…

Bill Graves, the last moderate Republican governor of Kansas, endorsed Democrat Laura Kelly in the gubernatorial race this week — his first public endorsement of a Democrat ever for statewide office. Sure, Graves and Kelly…

Perhaps the events of the past two weeks — the death of John McCain, Bob Woodward’s new book exposing the inter-workings of the White House and the New York Time’s publication of an unsigned Op-Ed…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas utility regulators have rejected environmentalists’ request that more than 2,100 permits for injection wells be revoked because some of them did not follow regulations on the amount of time the…

GIRARD — Humboldt cross country opened its season in Girard on Thursday after rain canceled the squad’s season opener last weekend in Burlington. The varsity boys finished third out of nine teams and the girls…