Ben Alexander spoke to bicyclists before the start of a 50-mile gravel bike racing course on Saturday morning in downtown Humboldt. The inaugural Octagon Gravel Race offered three distances, including 100-miles and 25-miles. About 70…

The leader of the Wagner mercenary group defended his short-lived insurrection in a boastful audio statement Monday, but uncertainty still swirled about his fate, as well as that of senior Russian military leaders, the impact…

NEW YORK (AP) — A three-year pause on federal student loan payments will soon end regardless of how the Supreme Court rules this week on a White House plan to forgive billions of dollars in…

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Tropical Storm Cindy has formed behind Tropical Storm Bret, in the first case of two storms in the tropical Atlantic in June since record keeping began in 1851, forecasters…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the conviction of a man serving a life sentence for his role on an international “kill team” in a case about what happens when one person’s…

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Interstate 95 was set to reopen Friday less than two weeks after a deadly collapse in Philadelphia, a quicker-than-expected rebuild to get traffic flowing again on a heavily traveled stretch of the…

TOPEKA — One year after federal abortion protections were removed, the reproductive rights debate in Kansas remains contentious.  On June 24, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court released its decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health…

Russell Stover’s Iola plant manager, Andy Darley, provided Iola Rotary members with a bit of personal background and an overview of the Iola facility Thursday afternoon. A native of northern England, Darley spent the vast…

JOPLIN — Trials are in the works for a pair of defendants charged with separate incidents of trafficking stolen identities.  Both waived preliminary hearings Thursday, the Joplin Globe reported. Frederick E. Phillips, 36, will stand…

EMPORIA — Longtime Newman Regional Health CEO Bob Wright will retire this fall, after 10 years with the hospital. Wright submitted a letter of resignation to the Newman Regional Health Board of Trustees citing Oct.…