TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Doctors accused of not providing enough care to infants delivered alive during certain kinds of abortion procedures in Kansas could face lawsuits and criminal charges under a bill that won final…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has for more than two decades accepted luxury trips nearly every year from Republican megadonor Harlan Crow without reporting them on financial disclosure forms, ProPublica reports. In…

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s army believes a missing helicopter carrying 10 crew members crashed into the sea off a southern island after objects appearing to be aircraft parts were spotted in the area.  The head…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas is banning transgender athletes from girls’ and women’s sports from kindergarten through college, the first of several possible new laws restricting the rights of transgender people pushed through by Republican…

Malone, who grew up in Kansas and Missouri, will be in the main reading room from 4 to 6 p.m. for informal readings and conversation. His works highlight rural and small-town life. Malone is the…

TOPEKA — A proposal to create a new state park in Iola took another big step forward Thursday when Kansas senators voted overwhelmingly in favor of what would become Lehigh Portland State Park. The Senate’s…

OTTAWA — Iola High School’s speech and drama students ended their regular season with another pot of gold Saturday. The forensics students captured first place in the team sweeps at the Paola Invitational. The students…

Iola’s Harvest Baptist Church members brought the story of Easter to the community Wednesday afternoon, with a live retelling of Christ’s crucifixion. Church member Zach Louk portrayed Jesus on the cross between two other crucified…

Like the smell of baking bread, a sense of community permeated the grand opening of Derryberry Breadery on Wednesday evening.  Dozens turned out for the ribbon cutting ceremony at 5 p.m., In fact, so many…

More than 54,000 lead service pipes carry drinking water to Kansas families, according to a new estimate from the Environmental Protection Agency. New lead water pipes have been banned for more than 30 years. But…