WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — These are the new sounds of spring for the Houston Astros: a fan banging on a trash can, another calling José Altuve a cheater. That’s what greeted the Astros…

Attention cattle ranchers!  The Kansas State University Winter Ranch Management Seminar series will run from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Feb. 27 at the Woodson County 4-H building in Yates Center.  The meeting will begin with…

Iola High School’s Forensics team has racked up some serious hardware in recent weeks. The competitive speaking and acting team has competed in three invitational tournaments since Feb. 8, winning the team sweeps in all…

Billionaire Mike Bloomberg has qualified for the upcoming Democratic presidential debate, marking the first time he’ll stand alongside the rivals he has so far avoided by bypassing the early voting states and using his personal…

Several Marmaton Valley High School forensics students rated highly in their respective competitive speaking or acting disciplines at Burlington Feb. 10. Allison Heim brought home a pair of gold medals, winning the impromptu speaking and…

June Mary McNeal, age 88 of Chanute, passed away on Saturday, Feb. 15, 2020, at Heritage Healthcare in Chanute. A visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. today at Countryside Funeral Home in Humboldt.…

Dear Carolyn: My son, 11, has been acting up in school: not doing his homework, talking during class, picking on younger kids, getting detentions and just being an all-around brat. At home, he’s picking on…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas’ elections chief is pushing to make the state’s central voter registration database more secure by changing how counties tap into it, but some officials are nervous about what they see…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The city of Frontenac violated the Kansas Open Records Act when it sought to charge a reporter $3,500 to receive public records involving a leadership shakeup in the southeast Kansas town,…

DETROIT — The recent cold front has brought another interesting phenomenon to Lake Michigan: first ice balls, now ice volcanoes. National Weather Service meteorologist Ernie Ostuno was able to capture some amazing photos of erupting…