William (Bill) Norman Stierwalt, age 58, died Monday, Oct. 3, 2022.   He was born Jan. 28, 1964, to Kay Tindle and Melvin Stierwalt.   He was married to Stephanie Stierwalt. He had one daughter and…

Nadine Lee McClain, age 93, passed away Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022, at her daughter’s home in Spring Hill. Nadine was born March 27, 1929, in Iola, to Clyde Hurlock and Goldie (Stout) Hurlock.  Nadine graduated…

WATERBURY, Conn. (AP) — Jurors ordered conspiracy theorist Alex Jones on Wednesday to pay nearly $1 billion to Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims’ relatives and an FBI agent, who said he turned their loss…

You wouldn’t know it from watching the news, but American children are doing better than they were at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, at least when it comes to having their basic needs met.…

Dear editor, As we approach the 2022 general election, I write to remind voters that the deadline to register to vote for the November 8 election is October 18. Whether you are registering for the…

This week, after more than two-and-a-half years of COVID closure, visitors returned to the top of the Statue of Liberty, climbing the 146 winding steps up the double helix spiral staircase to reach inside her…

HAYS, Kansas — This town’s water problem couldn’t be put off any longer. After an especially dry year, the wells that pumped water to Hays ran dangerously low in early 1992. If the northwest Kansas…

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A jury spared Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz from the death penalty Thursday for killing 17 people at a Parkland high school in 2018, sending him to prison for the…

LAHARPE — LaHarpe will apply for a $1.4 million loan to begin improving the city’s water system. City Council members capped an extended, and occasionally testy, discussion Wednesday by applying for the loan from the…

A tuition increase is needed at Allen Community College, but exactly what it will look like is yet to be determined. The board approved an increase to attend the two-year  school,  but debated at length…