Roughly 150 schoolchildren and adult leaders ventured from Iola to Hutchinson Thursday for the weekly SAFE BASE summer program field trip. Thursday’s excursion took the group to Hutchinson’s Strataca Underground Salt Museum. The museum is…

Baseball and softball games in Iola and Humboldt started on time, but were truncated by scattered storms that swept through the area Thursday evening. Mother Nature has wreaked havoc on sports schedules this month, with…

HUMBOLDT — If you think “bruncherie” sounds like a made-up word, you’re only partly right. A bruncherie (also spelled brunchery) is becoming a sort of modern term for a restaurant that specializes in serving brunch,…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Thousands of undeveloped acres near Kansas City International Airport could one day house one of the nation’s largest airport solar farms, capable of powering as much as one-third of Kansas City’s…

TOPEKA — Farmer Tom Willis’ attempt to get some sleep ahead of testimony to a U.S. Senate agriculture committee studying drought was interrupted by a 3 a.m. telephone call from back home. Oddly timed calls…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden launched a renewed push Thursday to reduce the costs of shipping goods across oceans, a major challenge for retailers that the White House said has pushed up prices as…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates jumped back up ahead of next week’s Federal Reserve meeting where it’s expected to announce another big increase to its main borrowing rate. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac…

ASHBURN, Va. (AP) — An assistant coach for the NFL’s Washington Commanders issued an apology for his word choice after doubling down on a comparison he made on social media between the violent attack on…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Mike Matheny spent about 20 minutes in the dugout before his Kansas City Royals took the field against the Toronto Blue Jays on Wednesday and tried to put what has…

The Goodman, Mo., native led the Red Devils across the board on offense, hitting .380, slugging five home runs and driving in 24. Her success garnered her second-team all-district honors in Region VI for Division…