Month: March 2023

PARSONS — The Labette County Emergency Assistance Center is moving to a more centrally located space in Parsons. The center, formerly located at 301 N. 30th, is in the process of moving to its new…

CHANUTE — Attending Neosho County Community College will be a bit more expensive next year. College trustees approved  an increase of $3 per credit hour in tuition and $125 per semester in housing fees during…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The metaphysical multiverse comedy “Everything Everywhere All at Once” wrapped its hot dog fingers around Hollywood’s top prize Sunday, winning best picture at the 95th Academy Awards, along with awards for…

Rep. Fred Gardner, R-Garnett, is settling into his seat in the Kansas House of Representatives. The freshman legislator has introduced a bill to add the Lehigh Portland quarry and trails to the state park system,…

Katie Yoder is a few short, but extraordinarily busy, weeks from crossing a mighty to-do item from her bucket list. Yoder seeks to open 620 Athletics in Iola by mid-April, fulfilling her lifelong dream of…

TOPEKA — The two Republican U.S. senators from Kansas joined three Democrats as sponsors of legislation repealing federal laws restricting trade with Cuba while retaining provisions aimed at human rights and property claims against the…

NEW YORK (AP) — President Joe Biden on Monday told Americans the nation’s financial systems were safe, seeking to project calm following the swift and stunning collapse of two banks that prompted fears of a…

TOPEKA — With anger rising statewide about bigger electric bills, lawmakers advanced a proposal that would limit Evergy’s ability to recoup construction costs from customers’ wallets. “No one got exactly what they wanted, but I…

OLATHE — It was a thrilling run for the Allen Community College men’s basketball team which watched their season come to an end against Johnson County in the KJCCC Tournament championship game on Saturday afternoon,…

OLATHE — The Allen Community College women’s basketball team’s season ended at the KJCCC Tournament championship game against Johnson County Saturday.  The Lady Red Devils (19-12) knocked off Kansas City Kansas Community College in the…