It’s official. The 50th annual Farm-City Days celebration will once again feature a carnival to entertain youngsters and those young at heart. Committee members reached an agreement this week with Fun Time Shows, a southeast…

Iola High School freshmen enter the boxing ring with their homecoming float on Friday afternoon.

Ford Motor Co.’s decision to take its $11.4 billion electric vehicle investment and 11,000 jobs to the mid-South should jar Michigan to the reality that it’s unprepared to achieve its dreams of dominating the automotive…

WASHINGTON (AP) — In a potential leap forward in the global fight against the pandemic, drugmaker Merck said Friday that its experimental pill for people sick with COVID-19 reduced hospitalizations and deaths by half. That…

WASHINGTON (AP) — When President Joe Biden proposed a massive expansion of federal services for Americans this year, he laid out lofty stakes — not only for his own presidential legacy but far beyond. The…

TOPEKA — The administration of Gov. Laura Kelly reached agreement with a coalition of civil rights organizations to provide additional voter registration information to people on public assistance and bring the state into compliance with…

The Seekers-Not-Slackers 4-H Club float in last Saturday’s Kincaid Fair included members, front from left, Molly Thompson, Lizzie Ellington, Ruby Thompson, Owen Thompson; back, Gunner Ellington,  McKayla Powell, Aubrey Ellington, Greta Thompson, Nora Thompson, Gracyn…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A Danish artist who was was given a pile of money by a museum with which to create a piece of artwork, submitted two empty canvases — titled “Take the Money…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit France next week as the Biden administration tries to smooth over hurt feelings and potentially more lasting damage caused by its exclusion of America’s oldest…