Month: February 2024

Peggy Ann Withers (Simpson), age 77, of Bonham, Texas, formerly of Altoona and Garden City, passed away on Feb. 13, 2024, at North Star Ranch & Rehabilition Center in Bonham. She was born Sept. 8,…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House said Tuesday it is preparing additional “major sanctions” on Russia in response to opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s death last week in an Arctic penal colony. National Security Adviser Jake…

TOPEKA — Voting rights groups want to be able to register voters again without the threat of jail time, one attorney argues. Kansas Supreme Court Justices have to decide whether this argument has merit. On…

SALINA — Iola High’s Korbin Cloud, who qualified for the upcoming Class 4A State Wrestling Championships, gets a doozy of an opening-round match to start the competition. Cloud, who has racked up 20 victories against…

Allen Community College continued its torrid start to the 2024 softball season Monday. One day after sweeping Seward County, the Red Devils were back on the diamond  to take on Southeast of Beatrice, Neb. Allen…

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A former Nebraska women’s basketball player alleges coach Amy Williams and athletic director Trev Alberts did not take appropriate action when her sexual relationship with an assistant coach became widely known.…

Adapted from an online discussion. Dear Carolyn: I have found myself tiptoeing around the issue of my girlfriend’s weight gain. When we first met, she was at a healthy weight but was not living a…

CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) — Whit Merrifield was willing to sign with the Philadelphia Phillies for less guaranteed money and perhaps less playing time than he could get elsewhere. “It checked a lot of boxes for…

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The goal was obvious to William Byron: put the No. 24 Chevrolet in victory lane in the 2024 Daytona 500 to launch Hendrick Motorsports’ 40th anniversary season. Mission accomplished, even…

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Max Abmas became the 12th player in men’s Division I history to reach 3,000 career points and Texas held off Kansas State 62-56 on Monday night. Abmas, a graduate transfer who…