Allen County 911 Dispatch Center director Chelsie Decker went before Allen County commissioners Tuesday morning to make her case for wage increases for dispatch center employees.  “We need to stay competitive with surrounding areas,” Decker…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Philadelphia Eagles insisted that their Super Bowl rematch with the Kansas City Chiefs had nothing to do with revenge. They got a little bit of it anyway. After allowing…

CLEVELAND (AP) — Catherine Raîche can remember hearing the doubt and disbelief over the phone when she said she was a college scout for the NFL. In her first role with the Philadelphia Eagles in…

HUMBOLDT — A loaded Humboldt High lineup ran roughshod over its opponents in 2023, with the Cubs advancing to the state quarterfinals for the fourth time in the past six years. As expected, the Humboldt…

In the midst of busy lives, we can forget how much local do-gooders improve our community. Doctors heal the sick, teachers help children learn to read, the trails stay cleared of brush; what’s the big…

“Stray Cat Strut” starts with a hum, then a thrum, then a throb. Lee Rocker, founding member of the iconic 1980s rockabilly band Stray Cats, launched onto the stage at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center…

The world is entering a dangerous nuclear arms race unlike anything since the first atomic bomb, but it does not have to end in catastrophe. Treaties controlling nuclear arms — verifiable and binding, to limit…

ATLANTA (AP) — Former first lady Rosalynn Carter, the closest adviser to Jimmy Carter during his one term as U.S. president and their four decades thereafter as global humanitarians, has died at the age of…

TOPEKA — Officials at R.V. Haderlein Elementary in Girard forced an 8-year-old Native American boy to cut his hair, despite objections that he grew it out to connect with his cultural heritage. The American Civil…

Even in Texas, there must be a limit to how much we’ll invest in sports. Surely one of our flagship universities paying someone nearly $78 million not to coach football is it. Texas A&M University…