The bishops of Kansas’ four Catholic dioceses announced last week they would not support the expansion of Medicaid unless the Kansas Constitution were amended to ban abortion.  The respective bishops of the dioceses in Dodge…

What on earth is Gov. Laura Kelly thinking? The former state senator was elected to the governor’s office last year with a simple message. Allow us to summarize: I will clean up the mess left…

Isabelle Cole tried to be the perfect daughter, the one her family didn?t have to worry about. For years, the family?s focus was on her older sister who had cancer. Even though she survived that,…

As an organization that exists solely to help others, Humanity House received a nice little assist Saturday morning. The non-profit organization raked in more than $1,100 worth of groceries as part of the second annual…

When it comes to customer service, these are — to filch a phrase from Charles Dickens — the worst of times and the best of times. Technology, of course, gets the blame and the credit.…

HUMBOLDT — Shannon Henderson, 37, Humboldt, was injured Saturday in a one-vehicle crash east of Humboldt Saturday morning. The Allen County Sheriff’s Department reported Henderson had apparently fallen asleep while driving home from working an…

Arrests reported Iola police officers arrested Travis E. Clark Jr., 36, Kansas City, Mo., Sunday for suspicion of driving while suspended. Clark also was wanted on a warrant. Humboldt police officers arrested Madison R. Witchley,…

Hospitals will soon have to share price information they have long kept obscured — including how big a discount they offer cash-paying patients and rates negotiated with insurers — under a rule finalized Friday by…

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Many students entering college haven’t mastered basic life skills such as changing a tire or balancing a checkbook, so some universities are responding with noncredit workshops sometimes called “Adulting 101.” Kansas…

Hundreds of curious onlookers made their way to the Durand Depot east of Yates Center Sunday for the arrival of Union Pacific’s historic steam locomotive 4014. Nicknamed “The Big Boy,” 4014 is making a cross-country…