DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — It’s not unusual for rocks and other debris to crash through a windshield and injure a driver or passenger — but a turtle? A 71-year-old woman riding with her daughter…

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian navy ships searched Thursday for a submarine that likely sank too deep to retrieve, making survival chances for the 53 people on board slim. Authorities said oxygen in the submarine…

Today is Earth Day. In our relatively short lifespans, many of us have witnessed significant changes to this glorious planet. The climate is less temperate, with bigger and more frequent “mood swings,” from hurricanes to…

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly was exasperated, and rightly so. “When you’ve got 125 grown-ups talking about girls’ sports participation,” she said, “and they’re not dealing with the issues that are real important to Kansans ……

MORAN — The 7th and 8th grades in the Moran and Elsmore schools will be combined and a middle school will be created in Moran, it was decided by the USD 256 Board of Education…

Even as Kansas remains far from reaching the coveted public health standard of herd immunity against COVID-19 — essentially starving off the virus because it runs out of vulnerable bodies — more than 60 counties…

Howard Reiter gave the Communion Meditation over “Not worrying,” referencing Matthew 6:25-34.  We waste our days when we let worry reign over our lives. We should always be seeking God’s Kingdom above all else, and…

Arrests reported Iola police officers arrested Paul Paredes, 39, for illegal drug possession Sunday afternoon during a traffic stop in the 1800 block of East Street. On Friday, officers arrested Scott Smail for suspicion of…

CHICAGO — They built limestone aqueducts in the Dan Ryan Woods and dug out the Skokie Lagoons one shovel at a time. At Starved Rock State Park, they raised lodges, and along the I&M Canal,…

Genee Tinsley helped organize rallies and marches in Palm Beach County, Florida, last summer to protest police brutality, demand racial justice and call for redirecting some police funding to social services. Now she’s organizing an…