MISSION, Kan. (AP) — FedEx has confirmed that workers from its facility in the Kansas City suburb of Olathe have tested positive for COVID-19. A spokesperson from FedEx Ground said in a statement Friday that…

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Europe reopened more widely today, allowing people into the Acropolis in Athens, high-fashion boutiques in Italy, museums in Belgium, golf courses in Ireland and beer gardens in Bavaria. China announced it…

Wilma Louise (Middleton) Kress, of Silver Spring, Md., passed away peacefully on May 9. She was the beloved wife of the late Robert Joseph Kress; mother of Tony (Donna) Kress, Phil (Dodi) Kress, Kathy (Mike)…

Robert W. “Bob” White, age 92, passed away Thursday, May 14, 2020 in Iola.  Bob was born in Springfield, Mo., on Feb. 20, 1928 to Virgil and Ruth (Buck) White. Bob grew up in Fort…

Commencement exercises were held for 78 rural school eighth-grade pupils at Memorial Hall. The following schools have graduates: Geneva, North Maple Grove, Carpenter, Rock Creek, Union, Neosho Valley, Central Avenue, Onion Creek, Prairie Center, Old…

If a short trip to Walmart in Garden City last week provides clues about how seriously Kansans are taking COVID-19, expect this summer and fall to be dogged by disease. I went to Walmart in…

In 2017, according to the Hutchinson News, the government official and pandemic expert “was awarded a place on Hutchinson High School’s Wall of Honor, and he was honored in the homecoming parade.” Now, after having…

A get-together earlier this month at Lake Perry has resulted in 10 cases of COVID-19 and the temporary closure of the Topeka Police Academy as of Friday. The popular lake is situated between Lawrence and…

At least 10 people from multiple counties and two states became infected with COVID-19 after taking part in a group event early this month at Lake Perry in apparent violation of Gov. Laura Kelly’s executive…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas’ education commissioner is cautiously optimistic that the state’s 500,000 public school students will be back in their classrooms when the fall semester begins. Commissioner Randy Watson concedes it’s difficult to…