Oklahoma just proved that when left up to rank-and-file citizens, Medicaid expansion is popular. At their June 30 primary election, Oklahomans approved a constitutional amendment to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. The vote…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Chiefs have their guy for the long haul. Superstar quarterback and Super Bowl MVP Patrick Mahomes has agreed to terms on a 10-year contract extension in Kansas City worth approximately…

MORAN — Moran residents may not be saving as much as they’d hoped with their electric bills this year. Moran City Council members were told Monday about some higher than expected electric transmission costs that…

Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey is wearing some of the effects of the NBA’s shutdown all over his face. With the kind of beard you’d expect to see on someone cast away on a…

When crops are ready to be harvested, they’re ready to be harvested. That can be a challenge if you find yourself in the position of Greg Staatz, an Abilene wheat farmer who had broken his…

We’ve been thinking about the Fourth of July, and the freedom and independence that it celebrates, in light of the pandemic we’re currently fighting. There’s a connection. Bear with us. Start with this: Freedom is…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday criticized a pair of pro sports teams that are considering name changes in the wake of a national reckoning over racial injustice and inequality. Trump tweeted, “They…

I was standing by the river in Neosho Falls, watching dragonflies and listening to the murky water spill over the dam in a continuous rush. It’s a sound from the source of Neosho Falls’ life,…

Arrests reported Iola police officers arrested Scott Mantooth, 57, Iola, for suspicion of domestic battery and criminal damage to property Saturday following an incident in the 300 block of North Second Street. Paul Barras, 23,…

Bruce Symes gave the Communion Meditation this week. Warfare has been a common thread throughout history. People have lived with truces, but there has been a lack of lasting peace. Just as this physical warfare…