When the dust finally settles on the Wednesday night trade that made Andrew Benintendi a Kansas City Royal, it will have involved three teams, seven players and at least three months worth of conversations and…

NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball has reorganized its minor leagues in a 120-team regional alignment. MLB released a plan Friday for two Triple-A divisions, and three divisions each for Double-A, High-A and Low-A.…

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Novak Djokovic said he tore a muscle during a fall in his five-set victory in the Australian Open’s third round and might need to pull out of the tournament. His opponent,…

CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence worked out for several NFL personnel including his expected future pro coach, Urban Meyer of the Jacksonville Jaguars. The national championship winner is projected as the No.…

YATES CENTER — Yates Center High’s boys got the early jump on Fredonia Thursday, and fended off all challenges from there, winning 61-50. Quick starts to both halves did the trick. Yates Center led 15-8…

LAWRENCE, Kansas — Raucous chirping tipped me off to the tree full of birds in my front yard last weekend. I opened the door and peeked out. House sparrows seemed to be squabbling in our…

TOPEKA — Sen. Renee Erickson is advocating passage of a bill by the Kansas Legislature to forbid individuals declared male at birth who later transitioned to female from participating in women’s sports programs at the…

The pandemic caused counties across the state to issue varying levels of business shutdown orders meant to slow the spread of a life-threatening virus. Now businesses that lost their ability to make money during the…

Hello, Carolyn: My husband and I really cannot stand our grandchild. The child is loud, intrusive, screams, runs, climbs on the furniture, demands attention, interrupts, cannot sit still . . . and she’s A GIRL!!!! Usually this…

The 2021 Cornstock Concert on the Hill has been canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic.  Organizers were hoping that 2021 would allow them to have a “normal” music festival, but there is just no way…