Month: August 2023

Allen County sheriff’s deputies executed a search warrant Friday because of suspected drug use. What they found was much worse. In a Tuesday press release, the Sheriff’s Department announced two suspects had been arrested on…

The fast-moving fire that ripped through Maui’s historic town of Lahaina killed more than 90 people, making it the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century. The cause of the blaze is still under…

ATLANTA (AP) — Donald Trump and 18 allies were indicted in Georgia on Monday over their efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss in the state, with prosecutors using a statute normally associated with mobsters to accuse the former…

A sizzling month marked by record heat waves, major wildfires, melting sea ice and a burgeoning El Niño will go down in the books as the hottest July on record — at least until next…

Engineers are surveying a 2,500-foot stretch of U.S. 54 in rural Bourbon County starting this week. The Kansas Department of Transportation said in a press release the survey is necessary to plan for the eventual…

Several Allen Countians are among the 6,600 University of Kansas students who have earned their respective college degrees for the 2022-23 academic year. Many took part in the university’s commencement ceremonies in May. The local…

NEW YORK (AP) — Americans increased their purchases at retailers last month — for clothing, dining out, online goods and other areas — in a sign that solid consumer spending is still powering a resilient…

The descendants of Mack Joseph and Pearl Pansy Latimer Percy gathered for a family reunion at the country home at Clinton Lake, which had belonged to the late Eugene and Ramona Percy and now owned…

Commodities will be distributed from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 21, in the east parking lot at Wesley United Methodist Church. First time recipients should bring photo ID and proof of income.

Samaritan’s Purse, a Christian humanitarian aid organization, airlifted 17 tons of emergency relief equipment, tools, and some volunteers Tuesday to help after the deadly wildfires on Maui. Volunteers with the North Carolina-based ministry plan to…