SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The late U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein was toasted Thursday at a memorial service as a leader with uncommon integrity and a defender of American values — as well as a talented…

TOPEKA — A bipartisan commission led by former state lawmakers Thursday endorsed recommendations raising the base salary of House and Senate members to $43,000 per year and establishing a method of indexing annual adjustments linked…

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli police have arrested an American tourist at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem after he hurled works of art to the floor, defacing two second-century Roman statues. The vandalism late Thursday raised…

What draws us to rural Kansas, and what keeps us here? Ask around, and inevitably one hears a variation on a theme: It’s beautiful.  The rolling hills, big skies, hidden creeks. The way the cottonwoods…

The Allen County Health Facilities Planning Council has recommended a new wing be added to Allen County Hospital, increasing bed capacity from 42 to 56. The council also agreed with conclusions reached in a six-month…

“Well, I made history, didn’t I,” Rep. Kevin McCarthy quipped Tuesday after becoming the first speaker of the House voted out of the office. Perhaps the only upside for the nation’s suddenly destabilized legislative branch…

HUMBOLDT — Ask most folks about Kansas State University, and they’ll inevitably point to the picturesque campus in the heart of Manhattan, or mention the wildly successful KSU sports teams. “It’s a good time to…

“The coolest library in the world” is coming to Iola. Iola Reads has picked “Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library,” by Chris Grabenstein, as its Young Adult selection for 2023. The book offers an adventure that…

After gracing this world for 97 years, Doris Mae Wilhite (Lassman) passed away on Saturday, Sept. 30, 2023, at Anthology in Olathe, her home for the last three years. Doris was born June 16, 1926,…

Miss Mitchell, a World War II-era B-25 Mitchell bomber, had a bit of a homecoming on Wednesday.  The Commemorative Air Force Minnesota Wing brought the plane to Kansas City for a reunion of the 310th…