Utley’s Iola Auto Body recently celebrated 50 years of business in January. However, the auto shop’s story truly begins 62 years ago, when two LaHarpe High School kids met on a hayrack ride and fell…

Kansas has some of the most permissive gun laws in the country, and last week the state house began debate on a bill that, if passed, would put a constitutional amendment on the ballot to…

The roll call question for the City Slickers 4-H Club’s Jan. 14 meeting was “Who do you think will win the Super Bowl?” Twelve members were present. The club members discussed their upcoming participation in…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States will resume a long-suspended Peace Corps program in the North Pacific island of Palau as the Biden administration continues moves to counter growing Chinese influence in the region. The…

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — With their purple, gold and green colors and toy babies hidden inside, king cakes are staples of Mardi Gras celebrations in New Orleans, but apparently they’re also valuable enough to steal…

TOPEKA — The Kansas Department of Revenue reported state government tax receipts in December were 6.5% below projections amid unexpected softness in state sales tax receipts and individual and corporate income tax payments. The report…

NEW YORK (AP) — This New York love story begins with a criminal act of sabotage. Under cover of darkness a year ago Friday, someone breached a waist-high fence and slipped into the Central Park…

A transgender woman is suing the Kansas Department of Corrections in federal court for creating a hostile work environment when she transitioned. Shelly Lamb, a former counselor and supervisor for the agency’s prison facility in…

HUMBOLDT — Students in Humboldt High School were recognized with honor roll achievements for they first semester. Principal’s Honor Roll (4.0 GPA) Seniors: Stella Inez Cannon-Smith, Samuel James Jennings, Kayla Irene Scott, and Elizabeth Rose…

TOPEKA — Four business attorneys and four labor lawyers presented the Kansas Legislature a compromise package of changes to the workers’ compensation system that would curb unwarranted claims and administrative costs while raising the cap…