Ellie Walburn told about the life and writings of Erma Bombeck, a housewife turned beloved, nationally known humorist, at Monday’s Iola Unity Club meeting. Erma first began focusing a critical eye on the American family…

OPELOUSAS, La. (AP) — Each church catered to an African American congregation. Each graced a rustic, country setting. Each fronted a small cemetery. And each is now a charred disaster scene, the result of three…

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — More than 75 years after Nicholas J. Gojmerac was last seen alive dragging a wounded comrade to safety during a World War II battle, his remains are back home in…

A storm system known as a “bomb cyclone” slowly churned through the U.S. interior today for the second time in a month, unleashing a blizzard in parts of the Midwest while creating hazardous fire conditions…

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian lawmakers approved today a bill that would expand government control over the internet and whose opponents fear heralds a new era of widespread censorship. The bill would install equipment to route…

GODDARD, Kan. (AP) — Pregnancy is contagious at one Kansas elementary school, where seven teachers were expecting at the same time, catching the attention of Ellen DeGeneres. The teachers’ pregnancies began getting attention last month…

The Kansas Legislature’s Division of Post Audit has uncovered surprising news that potentially affects every resident. That’s a bold statement, but it underscores the importance of what the nonpartisan division found recently in an inspection…

Head Start at the SEK-CAP Family Development Center celebrates “The Week of the Young Child” this week with guest speakers, special activities and meals. The children were treated to songs from a local singer Monday…

Donald Trump’s purging of top leaders at the Department of Homeland Security illustrates just how extreme the president’s immigration policy has become. Trump forced out Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen on Sunday. That followed his…

Fifty victims. Twenty-six days. That — along with common-sense leadership from government officials — is what it took for New Zealand to pass a law that bans most semiautomatic weapons in the country. The contrast…