CLEVELAND (AP) — Bill Fitch helped turn bad NBA teams into winners, and the Celtics back into champions. A two-time coach of the year who guided Boston to one of its championships during a Hall…

NEW YORK (AP) — Locked out players rejected Major League Baseball’s request for a federal mediator to enter stalled labor negotiations, a move that pretty much eliminated any chance for an on-time start to spring…

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — John Elway is refuting Brian Flores’ claim in a lawsuit that his interview with the Denver Broncos in 2019 was a sham and only conducted to satisfy the NFL’s Rooney Rule.…

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Alabama defensive coordinator Pete Golding has been arrested and charged with a DUI. Golding was listed as an inmate in the Tuscaloosa County Jail on Thursday morning after he was jailed…

Randal Lee White, 63, passed away peacefully Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022, at St. Luke’s Hospital in Kansas City, Mo., with his sons at his side. Randy was born Jan. 16, 1959, in Fort Lee, Va.…

H.R. Siefker, 91, of Moundridge, passed away Monday, Jan. 31, 2022 at Newton Medical Center, Newton.  He was born July 21, 1930, in Deep River, Iowa, the son of A.W. and Hilda (Tanke) Siefker. H.R.…

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — As schools scramble to find enough substitute teachers to keep classrooms running through the latest surge of the coronavirus, some experts warn there are longer-term problems with the teacher pipeline that…

MANHATTAN — Local students are among nearly 4,480 Kansas State University students who have earned semester honors for their academic performance in the fall 2021 semester. They include Emma Johnson of Humboldt; and Madison Carlin,…

ATMEH, Syria (AP) — The leader of the violent Islamic State group was killed, blowing himself and members of his family up, during an overnight raid carried out by U.S. special forces in northwestern Syria,…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas could phase out its corporate income tax under a measure that also would expand its incentives for attracting new businesses, and the provision is a problem as lawmakers rush to…