Amazon’s Alexa might soon replicate the voice of family members — even if they’re dead. The capability, unveiled at Amazon’s Re:Mars conference in Las Vegas, is in development and would allow the virtual assistant to…

OLATHE, Kan. (AP) — An Olathe man has been sentenced for a 2018 hit-and-run crash that killed two people. Bradley Woodworth, 48, was sentenced Tuesday to 19½ years in prison after pleading guilty in February…

Don Miles Kessinger, 91, formerly of Iola, died Tuesday, June 21, 2022, at Sloan House, Meadowlark Hills, in Manhattan. Don was born Aug. 20, 1930, in Gas, to Lester O. Kessinger and Mary Jane (Overmeyer)…

PLEASANTON, Kan. (AP) — A volunteer firefighter who was injured while fighting a blaze in Pleasanton earlier this week has died, officials said. Joshua Haynes, 35, was injured Monday during a fire at the Carpenter…

Tavon Tyree Blazek-Hill, 24, of Gaston, S.C., died Tuesday, June 14, 2022, near Lexington, S.C., from injuries sustained in a vehicular accident. Tavon was born March 31, 1998, in Dodge City, to Ai-Jalon Hill and…

Rosemary Ida Whitfield Bass passed away in her 94th year, on Friday, June 17, 2022. She was born April 16, 1929, to Chester Arthur and Madeline Mae Paige Whitfield in Newton. She was the youngest…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The country has long endured a numbing succession of mass shootings at schools, places of worship and public gathering places. None forced Congress to react with significant legislation — until now. Last…

DETROIT (AP) — High gas prices have Wallace Reid looking for a new career. Reid, who drives for Uber and Lyft in New York, fills up his Lexus at least three times a week. He…

It took a bit longer than planned, but the rebuilt U.S. 54 overpass spanning the Union Pacific Railroad line at Moran has reopened for traffic. The overpass had been closed to traffic since last summer,…

“The one constant through all the years … has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It has been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again. But baseball has marked…