DETROIT (AP) — United Auto Workers union members have voted to approve a new contract with General Motors, making the company the first Detroit automaker to get a ratified deal that could end a contentious…

Clarkson Construction Co., the primary project contractor, currently plans to open U.S. 169 from Thayer south to U.S. 400 to traffic mid-December, weather permitting, according to the Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT).According to Southeast District…

NEW YORK (AP) — Workers at more than 200 U.S. Starbucks locations walked off the job Thursday in what organizers said was the largest strike yet in the two-year-old effort to unionize the company’s stores.…

Adapted from an online discussion. Dear Carolyn: My 9-year-old has a naturally loud speaking voice. You can hear him having a normal conversation anywhere in the house, and, like any kid, he often gets a…

NEW YORK (AP) — A cargo jet headed to Belgium from New York had to turn around mid-flight after a horse escaped its stall and got loose in the hold, according to air traffic control…

ST. MARYS — The public library in St. Marys has managed to hang onto its lease for one more year by removing all of the youth-oriented LGBTQ books from library shelves. Library director Judith Cremer…

Wilma May Brock, age 87, died on Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023, at Credo Living Center, Chanute.She was born on March 20, 1936 to Herman and Alma (Schmidt) Schultz in Roper.She married Lawrence (Larry) D. Brock…

When Fort Scott’s Mercy Hospital closed in early 2019, the community of 7,550 people in southeast, Kansas, briefly lost its emergency room. Mayor Matthew Wells remembers the time without an ER clearly. “I watched several…

Wesley United Methodist Church handed out a free Thanksgiving dinner Wednesday evening. The church served over 450 families, with a small army of 20 volunteers helping put together containers including turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, homemade…

A series of grants are helping to progress the mission of a local foundation in its efforts to combat poverty. Funds will allow Humanity House to hire a part-time director, a position that’s been vacant…