Dear editor: As we work this summer to finalize the budget for 2024, the Allen County Commission continues to be mindful of the property tax burden being placed on our fellow citizens. To help ease…

OLATHE — The state has put a “thumb on the scale against abortion,” attorney Alice Wang said Tuesday in arguments for a temporary injunction to block long-standing abortion restrictions in Kansas. Over the span of…

You might think you know Ravens alum Michael Oher from “The Blind Side,” the 2009 Oscar-nominated film inspired by Oher’s battle through poverty and homelessness in his youth, before being recruited to play football at…

Justice Elena Kagan provided a description of the Supreme Court this week that should go without saying but, judging by recent events, needs hammering home: “We’re not imperial.” Her comments about the importance of an…

Sivanah McAnulty of Bronson was recently awarded a scholarship from the Floyd Lietz Memorial Scholarship Fund sponsored by the Public Accountants Association of Kansas. McAnulty is a senior at Pittsburg State University majoring in accounting.…

Some changes could be coming to the Allen County Landfill concerning the disposal of tires and electronics. County leaders will pursue plans to create new, separate spaces to collect both items after consulting with an…

Iola High School seniors paint their parking spaces in the senior lot on Tuesday evening in preparation for the start of the school year next week. Each chose their own design to match their interests…

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio voters on Tuesday resoundingly rejected a Republican-backed measure that would have made it more difficult to change the state’s constitution, setting up a fall campaign that will become the nation’s…

TOPEKA, Kansas — When Shawnttis Hernandez first went to prison, Gmail didn’t even exist. Neither did the Apple iPhone or the job searching website Indeed. She had a Nokia flip phone and the USB flash…

Waves of severe thunderstorms in the U.S. during the first half of this year led to $34 billion in insured losses, an unprecedented level of financial damage in such a short time, according to Swiss…