Month: August 2019

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Every team in the NFL passed on Darwin Thompson multiple times during the draft, leaving the soft-spoken running back waiting for a phone call when the Chiefs were on the…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Department of Homeland Security is moving to end a long-standing federal court agreement that limits how long immigrant children can be kept in detention. That’s according to two DHS officials who…

BALTIMORE (AP) — It had been a while since the Baltimore Orioles celebrated a victory, so forgive them for getting carried away after finally nabbing their 40th win of a very long season. Rookie Hunter…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to cancel a visit to Denmark next month after the prime minister described his plan to buy Greenland as “absurd” took the Danish royal palace by…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump insists that the U.S. already has “very, very strong background checks” for gun purchases. It’s the latest sign that he is backing away from throwing his political support behind…

Iola City Council was in full penny-pinching mode Monday, eliminating a number of line items necessary to close a projected $420,000 gap in the city’s general fund. Council members ultimately approved, 6-2, Iola’s 2020 spending…

When Kim Parker stepped down from her position as chief deputy district attorney for Sedgwick County in 2016, she didn?t necessarily retire. Instead, the Moran native became active in bigger causes. This year, Parker is…

BALTIMORE (AP) ? To most of the 11,659 fans in attendance and the rest of the baseball world, it was little more than a meaningless game between two teams long out of contention. For Nick…

DENTON, Texas ? Just over there is the window Hunter Dozier?s father, Kelly, told the kids not to play near. ?For some reason? they did anyway, his little sister Kenzie said, gazing that way and…

Don Wilmoth may be best known as a longtime principal at Iola Middle School, but athletics also played a big role in his life, according to Bill Shirley, who served as Wilmoth’s assistant principal and…