The New York Times recently ran an article on the “painful reprisals” that some employees are experiencing for refusing to come back to what they feel are unsafe conditions. As businesses reopen after being shut…

Humanity House founder Tracy Keagle learned a lot about cooking from her grandmother, Inez Brewington.  As a child, she spent many afternoons in her grandma’s kitchen in south Iola near Elm Creek and not far…

In step with the beginning of the summer term, Allen Community College trustees met Tuesday evening to take stock of a semester full of unprecedented changes that ACC has managed for the most part to…

JOHANNESBURG — The World Health Organization says the pandemic in Africa is “accelerating” and that while it took 98 days for the continent to reach 100,000 coronavirus cases it took just 18 days to get…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Army Gen. Mark Milley, the nation’s top military officer, said Thursday he was wrong to have accompanied President Donald Trump on a walk to a church through Lafayette Square, where he was…

The top U.S. infectious disease specialist called the coronavirus pandemic his “worst nightmare” and warned that the deadly outbreak is far from over. In just a few months, COVID-19 has devastated countries around the world,…

In response to the nationwide demonstrations for racial equality, Jake LaTurner, candidate for the Republican nomination to Congress, said he thinks President Donald Trump’s decision to call in federal troops was not necessary at the…

WASHINGTON — In powerful, painful testimony, Philonise Floyd pleaded with Congress on Wednesday to implement sweeping restrictions on the use of force by police, such as the kind that led to the killing of his…

LAHARPE — LaHarpe is one step closer to approving new building incentives that would apply to so-called “tiny homes.” City Council members were poised Wednesday to approve the new ordinance, but tabled the decision when…

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Spirit AeroSystems will furlough about 900 hourly employees who work on the Boeing 737 program, the company said Wednesday. Spirit will implement the 21-day furloughs beginning Monday through July 6, the…