VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) — Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam will recall lawmakers to the state Capitol in coming weeks to take up a package of gun-control legislation he said is urgently needed to prevent killings…

Monday’s filing deadline has passed, setting up a number of contested city and school board races throughout Allen County. In Iola, Mayor Jon Wells will face a pair of challengers in November. Ron Ballard, elected…

Youngsters in Moran are learning the intricacies of culinary arts this week through Southwind Extension District?s ?Kids Can Cook? workshops. Here, the students work on bread sculpting, turning bread dough into bunny and rose shapes.…

Many of us have certainly been thrown a curve ball with the recent flooding.  I know three community gardens in our Extension district have gone totally underwater. So that brings the question — how safe…

It didn’t take long for volunteers working in Carl Junction to notice the mosquitoes. Bug repellent quickly became a standard-issue supply. “We noticed them getting worse after the tornado, as people cut down trees,” said…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas commission voted Monday to give state employees a break on health insurance rates after they endured years of significant increases. The Kansas Employees Health Care Commission voted unanimously to…

Luminaries set out in honor or memory of those who have been afflicted with cancer line the Student Activities Building at Allen Community College Saturday as part of the annual Relay For Life.   KELLY…

A worker at the Prairie Queen wind farm in northern Allen County was injured Saturday after falling into one of the wind turbine’s blades. Daren Kellerman with the Allen County Sheriff’s Department said the worker,…

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump defended his decisions to impose or raise tariffs against imports from Mexico and China, respectively, saying “companies are moving to the U.S.” to avoid paying the levies. Widening trade tension…

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) — The resignation email the gunman sent hours before the shooting at a municipal building was brief, unremarkable and didn’t contain anything that foreshadowed the bloody rampage to come, a city…