ARABI, La. (AP) — A tornado that menaced the New Orleans area flipped a schoolbus, ripped off rooftops and deposited a house with a family inside it onto the middle of their street. Two people…

As I watched Kansas senators debate Senate Bill 484 on Monday, a sinking feeling grew in my gut. This is what it feels like, I remembered, to have your identity politicized. This is what it’s…

TOPEKA — Olathe Rep. John Toplikar settled into his seat at the Capitol to prepare for a partisan debate on a map outlining new boundaries of the 125 Kansas House districts. He was eager to…

Margaret Bennett is trading in her fabric softener for a paint brush. “It’s not gonna be very exciting,” Bennett promised of her retirement, which became official Tuesday after she and daughter Susie signed over Bennett’s…

Like all cultural institutions, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame has been under pressure to diversify its honorees, given the preponderance of old white guy rockers on its roster. So it turned to one…

PITTSBURG — Iola’s Special Olympics team members were at the Pittsburg YMCA Tuesday for a basketball skills showcase event. The local athletes fared well, with several top finishes. Individual results: Kobear Smith: second place individual…

A mobile testing site for COVID-19 infections will be available in Humboldt through the rest of this week and perhaps for the next two weeks. The testing trailer is set up near the downtown park…

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Six teenage girls on a high school lunch break were killed when their small car with only four seats collided with a large truck hauling rocks, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol said…

Iola High will get to kick off its spring sports season, sooner or later. Rainy weather washed out Tuesday’s season-openers for the IHS baseball and softball squads in Independence, the second straight opener pushed back…

A transmission line project to connect power plant substations in Kansas and Missouri will affect nearly 60 Allen County landowners. NextEra Energy outlined their plans in virtual presentations Tuesday morning and afternoon, giving participants an…