TOPEKA — Rep. Heather Meyer is familiar with the battle between lifesaving medication and crippling medical debt. Meyer, who was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at the age of 12, grew up with a single…

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders painted a dystopian portrait of the country in her rebuttal to President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address Tuesday night, leaning heavily into Republican…

LeBron James is 38 years old. He is in Season 20 of his NBA career. He is, by conventional basketball-playing standards, ancient. History says his decline should have started already. Except it hasn’t. Not even…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian tennis player and Olympic bronze medalist Elina Svitolina pushed for a total ban on Russian and Belarusian athletes from the 2024 Paris Games in an interview with The Associated Press…

On Jan. 1, 2023, Kansas’ state sales tax on food items in the supermarket lowered from 6.5% (the second-highest rates in the country) to 4%. Most Kansans saw immediate savings; however, it is complicated and…

The next time someone moans that Congress needs term limits, remember Bristol Bay. Sometimes it takes a long time to accomplish important goals in Washington, D.C. U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell fought for more than a…

President Biden’s decision on Jan. 30 to formally end the covid-19 national emergency this spring, unilaterally relinquishing exceptional powers the executive branch has claimed for three years, is a milestone worth celebrating. If declaring a…

Below is the full text of a statement from Allen County Commissioners about their intention to seek options for EMS providers. Feb. 7, 2023 From the Allen County Commission to residents of Allen County: Allen…

Allen County Commissioners all but cut the strings to a joint ambulance service with Iola at their meeting Tuesday morning. Commissioners said they will explore options for a new ambulance service provider rather than negotiate…

The Prairie Dell 4-H Club met  Monday. For roll call, members shared their favorite Valentine’s Day treat. They sang “Do Your Ears Hang Low?” to kick off the meeting. Leader Terri Kretzmeier presented ribbons to…