A team of 4-H members from southeast Kansas has won the national livestock judging title, scoring a four-point win over Oklahoma at the Western National 4-H Roundup in Denver.  The Southwind Extension District team tallied…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States on Wednesday put Yemen’s Houthis rebels back on its list of specially designated global terrorists, piling financial sanctions on top of American military strikes in the Biden administration’s latest…

BEIJING (AP) — China’s population fell by 2 million people in 2023 in its second straight annual decrease, as births dropped for the seventh straight year and deaths jumped following the end of COVID-19 restrictions,…

TOPEKA — Jodee Nickell, a Family and Consumer Sciences teacher at Humboldt High School, is being recognized for outstanding teaching. She is one of 32 educators from Kansas recognized with the 2024 Kansas Horizon Award, …

Morris Wayne Dible, 79, formerly of Iola, died Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024, at his residence in Muskogee, Okla. He was born Sept. 4, 1944, to Wayne and Wilma (Stephens) Dible. He married Karen S. Zornes…

Donald Eugene Becker, born March 2, 1934, age 89, passed on to his Heavenly Father on Jan. 5, 2024. He is preceded in death by his wife Lea Anne (Skip), former wife, Jeanette Sue, parents…

WASHINGTON — Leading members of Congress released a bipartisan, bicameral tax proposal Tuesday, promising a middle-path deal to help low-income families and provide incentives for businesses as Trump-era tax breaks expire. The framework led by…

One great thing about Missouri: When legislators won’t act, voters can — and will. A referendum process allows Show-Me State residents a significant voice in their government by amending the state constitution. Missouri voters used…

How do we learn to handle money wisely? Unfortunately, many of us never really have. That’s why the innovative financial literacy requirement in Virginia’s public schools is so important. Few people haven’t wished at some…

The Bourbon County Arts Council’s 32nd Annual Fine Arts Competition and Exhibit will be held at the Danny and Willa Ellis Family Fine Arts Center on the campus of Fort Scott Community College on Thursday,…