UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Russia vetoed a U.N. resolution Thursday in a move that effectively abolishes the monitoring by United Nations experts of sanctions against North Korea over its nuclear program, though the sanctions themselves…

TOPEKA — Republican lawmakers in Topeka are trying to snuff out liberal Lawrence’s reign as a plastic bag-free city. If history is a guide, the GOP likely won’t have enough votes to overturn a veto…

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — With Kansas poised to ban gender-affirming care for minors, college students are trying counter Republican efforts to roll back transgender rights by pushing the state’s largest university to declare itself a…

Tom Cellers Jr., age 69, passed away peacefully March 21, 2024, at his home in Hot Springs, Ark., surrounded by his loved ones. He was born Jan. 28, 1955, in Iola, Kan., to Tom and…

While every member of Kansas’ congressional delegation has now made the taxpayer-funded trip to the U.S.-Mexico border to decry an influx of people from outside this country, they should be going to our local supermarkets…

July 26, 2023, is a day I will never forget. It’s the day my daughter, Reagan, went into cardiac arrest at the Sunflower State Games at Washburn University. During the game, Reagan came out of…

Area high school basketball standouts received another round of postseason accolades, with two prominent statewide periodicals announcing their all-state hoops performers. Leading the way locally were Iola High’s Cortland Carson and Marmaton Valley High’s Janae…

GIRARD — Allen County Special Olympians were in Girard Wednesday for a cornhole tournament. Casey Riebel and his father, Kenny, took second in his division. Ian Webber and coach Lawrence Riebel placed first in his…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Before relief pitcher Will Smith sprouted into what he jokingly calls a “rabbit’s foot” good-luck charm, he long wondered if he was exactly the opposite: cursed never to play in any…

The debate over implementing a flat income tax in Kansas appears to have reached its conclusion, at least in this legislative session. Earlier this year, Kansas Republicans proposed a single income tax rate of 5.25%…