After not finishing quite like they wanted to in their home tournament last week, the Humboldt baseball and softball teams came back strong and swept Lebo-Waverly on Friday at home.  Baseball won 10-0 and 7-5…

With every passing day, more Kansans feel the impact of the state’s failure to expand Medicaid. It’s our neighbor struggling to get access to affordable health care. It’s a friend who works full-time — and…

Steady improvement by the Mustang and Filly track teams continued Thursday at Osawatomie with both teams taking fourth overall.  Elysia Kunkler led the way with three first-place finishes and a second-place finish.  Kunkler took first…

In a landmark case — one judge called it “the most significant and far-reaching decision this court has ever made” — a clear majority said Friday that the Kansas Constitution fundamentally protects the right to…

WASHINGTON (AP) ? House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and top Senate Republican Mitch McConnell, Washington?s odd couple, have a limited set of mutual legislative interests in a capital beset by dysfunction and awash in presidential politics.…

POWAY, Calif. — The rabbi wounded in the shooting at the Poway synagogue Saturday said the bloodshed could have been much worse had the gunman’s weapon not jammed. Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein, speaking in an emotionally…

Almost half the people locked up in Kansas prisons admit they have a history of domestic violence — getting the cops called after an argument with a partner, having a restraining order against them or…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas lawmakers have tightened the financial requirements for a license to operate nursing homes after state regulators were forced to take over 22 struggling facilities last year. Officials with the Kansas…

Harvey Rogers of Iola, left, and Walter Littleton of Fort Scott received Quilts of Valor Saturday in recognition of their military service. Rogers attained the rank of 1st Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He served…

The deadline is nigh to purchase “early bird” tickets for the Farm-City Days summer concert, featuring Darryl Worley and Dillon Carmichael. Tickets for the July 13 concert sell for $17 apiece through Tuesday. The price…