Month: March 2022

It’s been three months since Corey Seager, Marcus Semien and Max Scherzer found new homes amid an unprecedented free agent spending spree. Three long months of nothing, at least for fans used to filling their…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republicans are moving to redraw the boundaries of Kansas Senate districts so that a GOP and Democratic senator would face running against each other and the Redistricting Committee’s chair would be…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A proposal backed by conservatives to amend the Kansas Constitution to make it harder for lawmakers to increase taxes won a state Senate committee’s approval Thursday. The Senate Assessment and Taxation…

Try as they might, Allen Community College’s Red Devils were in trouble. They struggled mightily through a miserable 10-minute stretch of their Region VI championship game against Johnson County.  The Cavaliers embarked on a 28-5…

Marmaton Valley High School’s FFA students hosted a massive food packing project in cooperation with The Outreach Program. The students packed 15,000 meals in two hours to benefit those in need throughout Allen County. Each…

Residents of the Kansas prairie asked legislators Wednesday to restore the night sky they say is dominated by red blinking lights from industrial wind turbines.  “One of the greatest things about living in rural Kansas…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Propelled by surging costs for gas, food and housing, consumer inflation jumped 7.9% over the past year, the sharpest spike since 1982 and likely only a harbinger of even higher prices to…

Terry Call wears many hats for Allen County, but he’ll hang them up next week when he retires. It’s not easy to describe all of his job responsibilities. “Jack of all trades” might fit.  “My…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday embraced calls for an international war crimes investigation of Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, citing the “atrocities” of bombing civilians, including a maternity…

Allen Community College’s women saw marked improvement under first-year head coach Leslie Crane this season. The Red Devils went from a 2-21 season in 2020-21 to 10-16 this year,  and were two games away from…