Dear Carolyn: We have friends — husband, wife, young child — who come over regularly. We enjoy hosting them, but they are certainly quirky. One example: We warned them we would have the ballgame on,…

Dear Dr. Roach: I am a 78-year-old man. Yesterday, I read that I am considered intersex because urine does not come out the end of my penis, but rather under the penis shaft. This does…

Knowing that in a few years’ time thousands of tourists will be flooding the new Lehigh Portland State Park has a few Iolans anxious about how well-prepared the area is to not only absorb the…

Mark Griffith, Allen County’s road and bridge director, is frustrated with a delay in dust control efforts. Griffith hired a Kansas City company to spread calcium chloride on some local roads to control dust, but…

HUMBOLDT — The secret to chainsaw carving, according to Chauncey Poe of Altamont, is to remove all the wood that doesn’t belong. “I look at a log and I can see the animal inside it,”…

WASHINGTON (AP) — In fallout from the debt ceiling deal, Speaker Kevin McCarthy is suddenly confronting a new threat to his power as angry hard-right conservatives bring the House chamber to a halt, reviving their…

BELOIT — Crest’s Stetson Setter and Holden Barker will compete at the annual Kansas 8-Man Division II All-Star football game in Beloit on Saturday.  The game showcases the top eight-man players from across Kansas. The…

MIAMI (AP) — After building their largest lead of the night to that point midway through the third quarter of Game 3 of the NBA Finals, the Denver Nuggets put on a rebounding clinic. Aaron…

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Jordy Bahl’s dynamic pitching and boundless energy have Oklahoma on the verge of a third straight softball national championship. Bahl threw a two-hitter and struck out 10 and Oklahoma beat Florida…

MIAMI (AP) — Luis Arraez singled twice and raised his major league-leading average to .403 as the Miami Marlins beat the Kansas City Royals 6-1 on Wednesday night. Jesús Sánchez homered, singled twice and had…