Month: December 2023

Don’t look now, but some big-time renovations are in full swing at David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium. Demolition of key segments of the University of Kansas’ football stadium started right after the Jayhawks’ final home…

CHANUTE — Living by the adage, “you can’t make more land,” area farmers and developers turned out in droves Monday to attend the auction of 475 acres owned by the estate of the late Mariam…

GRINDAVIK, Iceland (AP) — A volcano has erupted in southwestern Iceland, sending a flash of light into the evening sky and spewing semi-molten rock into the air in a spectacular show of the Earth’s power…

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Joe Flacco was at home a month ago, all but ready to accept his 15-year NFL career might be over. Then came a phone call from his agent with an…

Walk into Fillmore Coffeehouse & Plant Cafe, and you might feel as if you’ve stepped into a scene from a Victorian Christmas. Pine, cedar and holly hang around windows and doors, festooned with paper ornaments…

SEATTLE (AP) — Amid the flood of emotions that continued long after he walked off the field a winner, Drew Lock paused briefly to reflect. Rare is the chance to have a moment like what…

With the bulk of Tuesday’s meeting being held in executive session, the Allen County commissioners held a brief public portion in which they heard routine updates. Allen County Appraiser Jami Clark discussed the purchase of…

Ukraine surprised everyone — above all, probably, Vladimir Putin — with its determined resistance to Russia’s attack in February 2022. But now the war has ground down to a lethal stalemate. Ukraine cannot win this…

TOPEKA — Stars, wheat, or sunflowers? How about none of the above? Gov. Laura Kelly on Monday announced the results of the public vote for a new license plate design. The winner: A design that…

The monthly meeting of the Prairie Rose 4-H Club was called to order on Sunday, Dec. 10, by acting President Kooper Welch. Roll call was: What is your favorite Christmas tradition? Kason Botts read the…