Eldon Strickler was among the Moran Manor residents celebration National Senior Citizens Day Wednesday. Nursing home staffers set up a carnival, featuring a number of games, sno-cones and a photo booth station. Helping organize the…

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Planned Parenthood clinics in several states are charging new fees, tapping financial reserves, intensifying fundraising and warning of more unintended pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases after its decision to quit…

WASHINGTON (AP) ? The federal budget deficit is expected to balloon to more than $1 trillion in the next fiscal year under the first projections taking into account the big budget deal that President Donald…

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s official monitoring agency is reporting a sharp increase in wildfires this year, and President Jair Bolsonaro suggested Wednesday, without citing evidence, that non-governmental organizations could be setting them to…

Before Allen Community College trustees commit to a new recreation center, they might consider how such an effort could help strengthen the relationship between the college and its surrounding communities. After all, county property owners…

EMPORIA, Kan. (AP) — Authorities say a tractor-trailer hauling cattle overturned south of Emporia, killing two dozen of the animals. Kansas Highway Patrol Trooper Justin Wallace says the driver was transporting the cattle to Arkansas…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas regulators are investigating the cause of a cluster of 11 earthquakes that hit Reno County in the last five days. The Kansas Corporation Commission announced Wednesday that it is analyzing…

Dear editor, After reading what the Iola City Council members are putting on our streets I had to say I do not like it. I am a senior. When I went to walk across the…

Hi Carolyn: My husband and I had baby number three this year, we also have 3- and 5-year-olds. We have a pretty good life and are essentially living the dream, I’m sure. We both work…

The Trump administration’s unfortunate decision to put the government between patients and their doctors threatens women across Kansas and Missouri. Unwanted pregnancies are virtually assured. Serious illness — and yes, backroom abortions — are possibilities.…