WASHINGTON (AP) — The coronavirus pushed hospitals to the edge, and millions of workers lost job-based coverage in the economic shutdown to slow the spread, but a new poll suggests Americans have remarkably little interest…

June 1960 The familiar pealing of the bell on the old courthouse clock may reverberate over Iola again tonight. The clock is in its new ground-level case on the south side of the courthouse lawn…

When I turn my column in each week, editors at newspapers decide whether it will be published. I have no constitutional right to see my thoughts appear in the paper or any other publication. My…

They didn’t expand Medicaid. They didn’t really address the crisis facing Kansans either, who are grappling with historic threats to their health and livelihoods. But they did reject a judicial nominee. Welcome to the special…

Sunday’s peaceful rally on the Iola square laid to rest any notion that we live in a bubble, isolated from outside events.  Thank goodness. For two hours, brave citizens took to a makeshift podium to…

WICHITA (AP) — A Kansas technical school canceled plans for Ivanka Trump to give a virtual commencement speech to graduates because of criticism of President Donald Trump’s response to protests over the death of George…

A rally is planned for 1 p.m. Sunday, in a stand against racism and in support of those who have been marginalized because of the color of their skin. The Black Lives Matter Solidarity Rally…

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is calling for an increase in National Guard forces across the country ahead of large marches expected this weekend spurred by the death of George Floyd, while Washington’s mayor publicly…

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump’s former chief of staff John Kelly said Friday he agrees with former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis’ criticism of the president’s hostility toward protests against police brutality. Kelly said he sides with…

Allen County has been awarded a Community Development Block Grant in the amount of $132,000 from the Kansas Department of Commerce to assist with COVID-19 economic relief. In some instances, both counties and cities were…