The monthly meeting of the Square B 4-H Club was held May 15 at the Gas sale barn.  President Abigail Meiwes called the meeting to order. Flag salute and 4-H pledge were led by Henry…

I grew up with a mom who’s a therapist, which meant that feelings moved through the air in our home like oxygen. It’s not that we talked about feelings all the time, or that I’d…

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indiana board decided Thursday night to reprimand an Indianapolis doctor after finding that she violated patient privacy laws by talking publicly about providing an abortion to a 10-year-old rape victim from…

LONDON (AP) — British Airways canceled dozens of flights Friday, blaming computer problems for disrupting plans for thousands of passengers at the start of a busy holiday weekend — a rocky kickoff to the summer…

Scott Kroenke notes his Memorial Day speech Monday may sound a bit different than what folks have heard in the past. Part of that is because Kroenke isn’t what you’d call an eager public speaker.…

More than 80 years after his death in the Philippines, the body of Staff Sgt. David Emory Holeman is coming home. Though Holeman has no connection to Independence, he will be afforded full military honors…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia’s southern Belgorod region bordering Ukraine came under attack Friday from Ukrainian artillery fire, mortar shells and drones, authorities said, hours after two drones struck a Russian city in an area…

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Memorial Day is supposed to be about mourning the nation’s fallen service members, but it’s come to anchor the unofficial start of summer and a long weekend of discounts on anything…

Jaxxen Oakman, age 5, really wanted a dog. So while he was visiting his father in Topeka during spring break, mom Carley Swanson gave into temptation when she saw someone giving away German shepherd puppies…

WASHINGTON (AP) — House negotiators are making progress toward an agreement with the White House to raise the nation’s debt ceiling, racing to close out a deal ahead of a looming deadline to avert a…