Steffen G. Centlivre, 71, passed away peacefully on Friday, May 29, 2020 at New Mark Care in Kansas City, Mo. Cremation will be through Cashatt Family Funeral Home of Platte City. Steffen did not want…

LAHARPE — An apparent disagreement Tuesday evening over politics led to a heated domestic altercation that eventually resulted in a knife attack. Allen County sheriff’s deputies were called to the scene in the 1200 block…

Barbara Harrington, age 82, passed away Sunday, May 31, 2020 at her home in Iola.  Barbara was born March 21, 1938 to Albert and Irene (Wood) Cornelson in Newton. She attended school in El Dorado.…

DENVER (AP) — Russell Stover Chocolates has announced its candy plant in Montrose will close seven months ahead of schedule because of the coronavirus pandemic, a decision that will leave 217 employees without work. The…

Dear Carolyn: Until last year, I was a professional ballet dancer. Dancing is all I ever wanted to do and I trained nonstop since I was 6. I got into a great program and as…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A bill giving Kansas lawmakers some oversight of the state’s coronavirus response cleared the House on Wednesday night and is headed to the Senate. The Legislature convened for a special session…

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Tropical Storm Cristobal is expected to slowly weaken over 48 hours, and will likely become a tropical depression by this evening, before restrengthening Friday when it is expected to begin to…

HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) — Part of a Kansas prison was placed on lockdown Wednesday night after a riot in which windows were broken and two staff members and one inmate were hurt. The Kansas Department…

WASHINGTON (AP) — In an extraordinary rebuke, former defense secretary Jim Mattis on Wednesday denounced President Donald Trump’s heavy-handed use of military force to quell protests near the White House and said his former boss…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Mark Esper is facing the most politically charged crisis of his tenure, criticized for calling protester-filled streets a military “battle space” and accused of failing to keep the military out…