HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) — The chances of the Kansas State Fair being held this year are looking less likely after a large number of vendors backed out or expressed trepidation. The Hutchinson News reports the…

LAWRENCE — The state of Kansas has settled a class-action lawsuit with attorneys who represent Kansas foster children. Advocates sued the state in November 2018, arguing Kansas was not providing enough mental health care and…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Four in 10 Kansans live in counties that have overruled Gov. Laura Kelly’s statewide mask order even as coronavirus cases in the state soar. More than 90 of the state’s 105…

The driver of this sport utility vehicle escaped injury following a one-vehicle accident along U.S. 54 near LaHarpe. The driver, whose name has not been released, told officers another vehicle had been chasing her, so…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City will no longer punish people for marijuana possession, effectively decriminalizing it throughout much of the city. City council members voted 9-4 on Thursday to strip the crime from…

Iola High School’s forensics team hosted a showcase of various acting and speaking pieces Wednesday at the courthouse bandstand in downtown Iola. The forensics season was cut short this spring because of the COVID-19 pandemic,…

Dear Carolyn: In doing family research, my brother’s wife came across documents indicating that my dad’s dad was still married to another woman when he married my grandmother in December 1927. The divorce on the…

Carlyle Presbyterian Church Pastor Steve Traw’s message Sunday, “Dry Bones,” was taken from Ezekiel 37:4-10.    The great prophet Ezekiel wrote an entire chapter, chapter 37 that outlines one of the greatest tragedies in Israel’s…

DISTRICT COURT Judge Daniel Creitz Civil cases filed: Matthew Dunham vs. Sara Doepke, other domestic Kayla M. Perry vs. Anthony R. Perry-Meek, divorce Jessica Thompson vs. Jonathan L. Thompson, divorce Family Support Division vs. Clayton…

Rickey “Rick” Rush, age 68, passed away Wednesday, July 8, 2020 at his home in Humboldt, surrounded by his loving family. He was born May 29, 1952 in Chanute, to Myron and Betty (Young) Rush. …