EL DORADO — The Allen baseball team jumped on top early and earned a key Regional VI playoff win at Butler Wednesday afternoon.  The Red Devils (24-27; 13-19) scored two runs in the first inning,…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Nick Pratto homered and Brad Keller won for the first time in nearly a month as the Kansas City Royals beat the Chicago White Sox 9-1 on Wednesday night. Keller…

More than 40 athletes from Iowa and Iowa State could be facing discipline from both law enforcement and the NCAA for impermissible online wagering. The NCAA consequences could be far worse than the legal ones.…

Two Iola City Council members, Nickolas Kinder and Carl Slaugh, have said they will not run for re-election this year. Kinder represents Iola’s First Ward, which covers the northeast part of town, or those living…

Dear Carolyn: I’ve been friends with “Susan” for 10-plus years. She’s always seemed a little self-focused, but overall, the relationship has been satisfying. Now she’s going through a marital crisis and for more than a…

As spring gives way to summer, nature’s treasure chest awakens. Earth’s biological wealth sprouts, blooms and clamors. These contents once blanketed the landscape with a thin, life-sustaining fabric, the biosphere. But human activity has contributed…

Evergy, the state’s largest and primary electricity provider, wants to increase its rates charged to customers despite posting record profits. As part of the merger of Kansas City Power and Light and Westar Energy, Evergy…

The best thing that can be said of the 2023 session of the Kansas Legislature is that it is over. The second-best? It wasn’t quite as bad as it could’ve been. But it came close.…

CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) — U.S. Rep. George Santos, the New York Republican infamous for fabricating his life story, has been indicted on charges that he duped donors, stole from his campaign and lied to…

No sooner did ChatGPT get unleashed than hackers started “jailbreaking” the artificial intelligence chatbot — trying to override its safeguards so it could blurt out something unhinged or obscene. But now its maker, OpenAI, and…