TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Lawyers for Kansas told the state Supreme Court on Monday that it should sign off on a new law boosting spending on public schools and end a protracted education funding lawsuit…

More than 30 million people in the United States have diabetes, and 1 in 4 of them don’t know they have it. Another 84 million adults in the U.S. have prediabetes, a health condition in…

Barbecue 101 class will help you get ready for grilling and smoking season. Warming springtime temperatures mean grilling season will soon be upon us. If you are looking forward to firing up the grill or…

Can you count the ways agriculture touches your life? When you wake up in the morning, you are lying on cotton sheets. You swing your feet onto the floor either made of wood, a rug…

Edward P. Marquis, Iola meat packer, was presented the 1964 Kansas Meat Packer of the Year award at the meat packers convention yesterday at Emporia. Marquis is president and general manager of the M&M Packing…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas will be taking steps toward allowing farmers to grow hemp for industrial use under a measure Gov. Laura Kelly signed into law Monday. The new law taking effect later this…

The first time I saw it, I could barely breathe. It was so beautiful against the cerulean sky. Our Lady of Paris. It looked like a mass of lace, draped over scaffolding, with giant crystal…

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Soggy fields may be slowing the planting of corn this season in Kansas. The National Agricultural Statistics Service reported Monday that about 6% of the corn seed has been put in…

In Ray’s Metal Depot NASCAR B-Modifieds, last week’s winner Andy Bryant, Fort Scott, fought off a late race rally from Chanute’s Tyler Kidwell and picked up his second feature win on the early year.  Tim…

The Moran United Methodist Church hosted a lunch for Marmaton Valley High School seniors and their guests Friday at the church. The tradition dates back nearly 100 years, organizers believe. Guest speaker for the event…