“Innocent people are dead, shot by a young man with a potent firearm, who died after an exchange of gunfire with police.” That was, word-for-word, the opening sentence of our editorial less than a month…

The National Assessment of Educational Progress civics test scores for eighth-graders for the first time have registered a decline while history scores continued their steep decline. The results for the nation’s report card are abysmal…

According to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, the United States government will default on its national debt by June 1 if Congress does not act to raise the country’s $31 trillion national debt limit. Late last…

Superintendent Stacey Fager expects school officials across the state will spend the summer awaiting legal advice on how to navigate the many legislative changes affecting education.  Gone are the days when legislators kept their focus…

On their spiritual journey, Shaunna and David Sturgeon are having to resist the temptation of more is better, such is the success of their four-year-old small group ministry they have named The Watershed.  The couple…

Dale Maloney, accused of fatally shooting neighbor Richard Diehl a year ago, will be committed to a mental health facility because he is not competent to stand trial. Allen County District Judge Daniel Creitz handed…

ELSMORE — The Elsmore Alumni Banquet will be at 5:30 p.m., Saturday, May 27, at the Elsmore Community Building.   The building will be open at 4 p.m. for attendees to visit prior to the…

TOPEKA — A U.S. District Court judge issued a ruling Thursday declaring another portion of a 2021 Kansas law passed by the Legislature over the veto of Gov. Laura Kelly to be an infringement of…

GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization said Friday that COVID-19 no longer qualifies as a global emergency, marking a symbolic end to the devastating coronavirus pandemic that triggered once-unthinkable lockdowns, upended economies and killed…

HUMBOLDT — For all of its successes — and there are many — Humboldt faces challenges similar to countless other rural communities these days. Local employers are unable to keep fully staffed because of a…