KANSAS CITY, Mo. — This will be the first year that former Royals star Eric Hosmer won’t be playing baseball since he was a young boy. Hosmer, on Wednesday announced his retirement as a player,…

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The Alabama Supreme Court has ruled that frozen embryos can be considered children under state law, a decision critics said could have sweeping implications for fertility treatment in the state. The…

Iola High School has announced results of its forensic competitions. The Iola students came home with a first-place win at Pittsburg on Feb. 10. The team also took second at Independence on Feb. 17 and…

TOPEKA — Members of the Kansas Senate thought it was such a super idea to issue a special license plate for the Kansas City Chiefs, they kept piling on. Before the dust settled Wednesday on…

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Prosecutors in New Mexico are pursuing accountability for the 2021 death of a cinematographer who was fatally shot by actor Alec Baldwin during a rehearsal for the Western film “Rust.”…

TOPEKA — Several resolutions profess Kansas lawmakers’ support of a free press in the wake of the Marion County Record raid and lawmakers’ own attempts to strip public television funding. None of the resolutions are…

With football season behind us, a new outdoor “sport” is taking Kansas by storm — barbecue.  Having recently joined the Kansas High School BBQ Association (KHSBBQA), Iola High School will have multiple teams competing this…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Two men charged with murder in last week’s shooting after the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl parade were strangers who pulled out guns and began firing within seconds of starting…

Back in 1998, Madeleine Albright, then the secretary of state, called the United States the “indispensable nation.” She meant that this country, armed with unmatchable force and influence, stood at the helm of a web…

Adapted from an online discussion. Dear Carolyn: Are parents with little kids bound to be exhausted while still doing the bare minimum all the time? My kids are 3.5 and 1, and my husband and…