If anything good is to come from the DUI and wrong-way driving allegations against Kansas Senate Majority Leader Gene Suellentrop last week, perhaps it’s this: Senators may now be more focused on a bill boosting…

An annual wealth tax, levied on those who make more than $50 million a year, could solve a number of festering problems, from raising revenue for pandemic relief to slowing a democracy-disrupting concentration of power.…

Dear Carolyn: My son is in kindergarten. We also have a 3-year-old who will attend the same school. This spring, my son’s school is having a large fundraiser event. I have a lot of problems…

TOPEKA — Kansas wind energy representatives and advocates guaranteed a senate panel Tuesday a bill currently under consideration would end industry investment and development in the state if approved. Senate Bill 279 would establish state…

LAHARPE — A man and woman were arrested for drug and child endangerment charges after Allen County sheriff’s deputies executed a search warrant at a residence in the 800 block of South Broadway Street. Timothy…

Harold E. “H.E.” Holinsworth Jr., age 76, died Saturday, March 20, 2021, at his home in Humboldt. He was born Aug. 13, 1944, in Stillwater, Okla., to Harold E. and Betty L. (Kirby) Holinsworth Sr. …

MILDRED — It rained fish in Mildred last week. Yes, you read that right. Although the meteorological phenomenon is a rare one, experts claim it indeed occurs all over the world. According to the BBC…

In recent years, a group of steely determined volunteers, equipped with various grants and an occasional assist from the city helped convert empty industrial land and an abandoned railroad right-of-way near Iola into one of…

HUMBOLDT — The first step to securing $305,000 in USDA funding to go toward the purchase of a new fire pumper truck was completed Monday evening by Humboldt city council members. Council gathered for a…

School board members for USD 257 expect to learn big news about some of its new school projects on Thursday. That’s when they’ll meet with the project’s construction manager and architects to discuss bids and…