TOPEKA — Attorney General Kris Kobach recommended Wednesday passage of a law requiring all Kansas public school district employees undergo fingerprint-based criminal background investigation on a five-year cycle and proposed comparable checks be mandated for…

Allen Co. Regional Hospital and Anderson Co. Hospital are pleased to welcome general surgeon Megan Morriss, MD, to the medical team. Dr. Morriss is board-certified in general surgery and has specialized training in benign and…

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Ride-hailing companies Uber and Lyft will pay a combined $328 million to settle wage theft claims in New York, Attorney General Letitia James announced Thursday. James said the settlements resolve investigations…

Adapted from an online discussion. Dear Carolyn: My spouse manages anger poorly, often lashing out (verbally) in unkind ways, retreating into sullen withdrawal or making sharp passive-aggressive digs at me. I have tried to explain…

TOKYO (AP) — The tsunami-damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant began its third release of treated and diluted radioactive wastewater into the sea Thursday after Japanese officials said the two earlier releases ended smoothly. The…

NEW YORK (AP) — “Junk fees” are just what they sound like: hidden or misleading charges that increase the total cost of concert tickets, hotel rooms, utility bills and other goods and services. The Biden…

LAHARPE — Time capsules almost never survive the ravages of time, noted Kurtis Russell, director of the Allen County Historical Society.  That proved to be the case when a metal box was found underneath the…

MORAN — Darcy Burton confesses she’d given little thought to city governance until a little more than a year ago. The impetus? Burton, 37, took on a new job, as an administrative clerk assistant in…

MORAN – One of Moran’s strengths is its city employees, Joe Stotler contends. But with longtime workers Mike Stodgell and Craig Miller nearing retirement age, it’s incumbent on the Moran City Council to choose wisely…

MORAN — The way Lee Roberts sees it, he attends enough Moran City Council meetings on his own. He might as well do it as a voting member. Roberts is one of five candidates seeking…