As Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy tells it, when Russia invaded 100 days ago, no one expected his country to survive. World leaders advised him to flee. “But they didn’t know us,” he said in a…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — At a time when rising gasoline and food prices are already straining Americans’ budgets, many apartment tenants are grappling with soaring rents. The Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metropolitan area in Florida…

TOPEKA — Kansas voting advocacy organizations are grappling with what new congressional and legislative maps mean for registration efforts, while also navigating a new law that interferes with their work. The Kansas Supreme Court issued…

The amount of heat-trapping carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has shot past a key milestone — more than 50% higher than pre-industrial times — and is at levels not seen since millions of years ago…

On May 28, the commons area at Marmaton Valley High School was the site of the 125h Annual Moran/Marmaton Valley High School Alumni Association banquet and annual meeting. There were 79 alumni and guests who…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Topeka police officer did not use excessive force while arresting a man during a traffic stop four years ago, a federal grand jury ruled Thursday. Timothy Harris, who is Black,…

To no one’s surprise, Rick Bevard wants to spread the word — about the glories of mountaineering.  Bevard is the son and brother of local evangelists, Tom and Randy, respectively, of Freedom Ministries, who spread…

TAMPA, Fla. — Working-class Americans died of COVID-19 at five times the rate of those in higher socioeconomic positions during the first year of the pandemic, according to a study. The staggering disparity was revealed…

Dr. Dwight Blackwood smiled nonstop on Thursday afternoon during a flight in a Douglas AC-47 Spooky, a plane owned by the American Flight Museum in Topeka. “Isn’t this something?” he said. “This brings back a…

Dear Carolyn: What can you do if you are that jealous, overbearing mate — and you recognize it, and want to stop? Hearing about my girlfriend hanging out with other guys just as friends makes…