TOPEKA — The bipartisan federal infrastructure law appropriated $58.6 million to cap more than 5,400 oil and gas wells in Kansas that have been abandoned by owners and threaten water supplies or pose other environmental…

When former Allen Community College baseball player Torrence Summerlin Jr. was killed in a shooting last August, it was a tragic moment for the Red Devils. Iola declared Jan. 1, Summerlin’s birthday, as “Torrence Summerlin…

A look at the upcoming weekend around the Big 12 Conference: GAME OF THE WEEKEND Reigning national champion Baylor and perennial contender Kansas, both again stocked for NCAA Tournament runs, as the afternoon light spills…

BURLINGTON — When Renee Lickteig moved from California to rural Waverly about five years ago, she was surprised and pleased to learn about the Coffey County Recycling program. “It’s good for the county. It’s good…

BEIJING (AP) — The clock is ticking for American speedskater Casey Dawson to get to his first Olympics. He tested positive for COVID-19 three weeks ago. Recently, Dawson had been testing negative and he believed…

PHOENIX (AP) — The Phoenix Mercury have signed WNBA leading scorer Tina Charles, their second big addition in as many days. Charles joins a roster that includes Diana Taurasi, Brittney Griner and Skylar Diggins-Smith, who…

Nebraska would sell alcohol at the Big Ten wrestling championships in March if university regents approve a policy revision at its meeting next week, opening the possibility of booze being available at Cornhuskers football games.…

What started with a simple invitation to a few homeless people to watch the Super Bowl together in New York City has turned into quite a party.  And it just keeps growing.  Super Soul Party,…

With the brutal omicron wave rapidly loosening its grip, new cases of COVID-19 in the U.S. are falling in 49 of 50 states, even as the nation’s death toll closes in on another bleak round…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly on Thursday vetoed a Republican redistricting plan that would make it harder for the lone Kansas Democrat in Congress to win reelection this year. Republicans in the…