TOPEKA — Gov. Laura Kelly signed Monday a bill providing more than $6 billion for K-12 education and making several policy changes, including a controversial provision allowing students to openly transfer to districts around Kansas.…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A top Kansas government attorney argued Monday that congressional redistricting is naturally political and that the Kansas Supreme Court shouldn’t try to decide when partisanship goes too far, only to be…

DETROIT (AP) — Nearly 43,000 people were killed on U.S. roads last year, the highest number in 16 years as Americans returned to the highways after the pandemic forced many to stay at home. The…

Once again, the truism that hate speech fosters violence has been tragically reconfirmed, this time in Buffalo, New York. A white supremacist’s rampage Saturday that killed 10 was fueled by so-called replacement theory, the far-right…

Memorial Day ceremonies will be conducted at seven area cemeteries on Monday, May 30. Gene Gardner, commander of American Legion Post No. 385, will be the featured speaker at most of the events. The ceremonies…

Look to the skies on Saturday, and you’ll see a variety of war-era planes flying into Allen County. The airport will be the site of a fly-in organized by Vince Hill, one of the members…

BUFFALO (AP) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday condemned the poison of white supremacy and said the nation must “reject the lie” of the racist “replacement theory” espoused by the shooter who murdered 10 black…

FORT SCOTT — Redemption, indeed, was sweet for Iola High’s Xander Sellman. The sophomore golfer carded 10th place Monday at the Class 4A Regional at Woodland Hills Golf Course in Fort Scott, thus punching his…

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Sweden and Finland on Tuesday pushed ahead with their bids to join NATO even as Turkey insisted it won’t let the previously nonaligned Nordic countries into the alliance because of their alleged…

HUMBOLDT — Some stellar pitching by freshman Shelby Shaughnessy and a relentless offensive attack paved the way for Humboldt High’s softball team Monday. The Lady Cubs broke open a 2-1 lead by scoring four in…