TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republican lawmakers advanced a plan Tuesday to provide hundreds of millions of dollars to Kansas businesses hurt by coronavirus pandemic restrictions, and they’re poised to give GOP leaders the final say…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Two Republican legislators are considering running for Kansas attorney general in 2022. House Speaker Pro Tem Blaine Finch, of Ottawa, said Tuesday that he is looking at the race and will…

On a mission to flex their super-majority power, Republican legislators overturned a host of Gov. Laura Kelly’s vetoes on Monday. That morning, Rep. Blaine Finch of Ottawa warned, “We’re going to put this governor back…

For most of the 20th century, El Salvador, like many of its Central American neighbors, was ruled by dictators who, in addition to trampling human rights, stymied development and inspired revolutionary movements. After a decade…

Imagine you’re a wheat farmer in the Texas Panhandle. Last summer, you harvested a bumper crop. When the combines left, you baled the straw into round half-ton rolls and stacked them on the edge of…

Iola High softball players were treated to lunch at USD 257’s elementary schools Monday as part of an outreach effort for the high-schoolers. The visits started in 2019, and after a one-year hiatus because of…

Jenna Curry’s two-run double in the bottom of the fourth propelled Iola High’s junior varsity to a come-from-behind, 8-7 victory over Wellsville. The win gave the Fillies JV a split after Iola dropped the opener,…

Chalk up two more wins for the suddenly red hot Red Devils. Allen Community College’s softball team picked up its fourth and fifth wins in a row Monday, rallying late to take the opener, 8-6,…

Glenna June (Grother) Wulf, of Humboldt, was born in Wichita on May 4, 1948, the daughter of John and Hilda (Meyer) Grother.  After Glenna’s birth mother passed away when she was in infancy, she was…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Eddie Rosario kept his bat on his shoulder. Salvador Perez held his glove still to frame the pitch. Both listened for Dan Bellino to make the call. The plate umpire…