Owners of the Keystone pipeline knew a defect had formed years before the strain finally caused the pipeline to burst and flood a Kansas creek with oil last year.  The Keystone pipeline, owned by TC…

Larry Berkley Jones, 84, of Topeka and formerly of Humboldt, died Monday, May 8, 2023, at The House at Midland Care in Topeka.  Larry was born on Oct. 29, 1938 in Blue Rapids, to Horace…

BANGKOK (AP) — The official death toll from the powerful cyclone that struck Myanmar has burgeoned to at least 145, including 117 members of the Muslim Rohingya minority, state television reported Friday. It said the…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s Popocatepetl volcano rumbled to life again this week, belching out towering clouds of ash that forced 11 villages to cancel school sessions. The residents weren’t the only ones keeping a…

Car rolls into SUV Nicholas Richards had parked his car in the 800 block of North Street Monday evening, when he told Iola police officers the vehicle’s parking brake apparently slipped, causing the car to…

For roll call, members shared their favorite outdoor activity at the Prairie Dell 4-H Club meeting May 7. They sang “If You’re Happy and You Know It” to kick off the meeting. Members voted to…

Is there something about your health you’d like to change?  For most Americans, this question usually triggers a wide range of responses. In my practice, most responses usually center on wanting to lose weight, being…

TOPEKA — U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran of Kansas said the federal government ought to break up the United Network of Organ Sharing’s nearly 40-year monopoly on management of the national organ procurement and transplantation network.…

WASHINGTON (AP) — A top debt ceiling negotiator for House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said Friday it’s time to “press pause” on talks as negotiations with the White House came to an abrupt standstill at the…

Despite calls to rename Johnson County, Kansas’ Negro Creek, a committee has decided to keep the controversial name, worried that removing it would erase a painful piece of history. Many Johnson County residents spent years…