With two weeks left to file for election, at least one county office will be contested. Sheriff Bryan J. Murphy is being challenged by Anthony Maness on the Republican side of the ballot, setting up…

A benefit concert, “A Night For Humanity,” featured Atomic Possum and Damaris Kunkler Friday night at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center. The event raised $4,646.18 for Humanity House, a non-profit that offers a food pantry,…

As an American doctor, I felt called to help Palestinians who have faced a collapsing health care system in Gaza. My first trip was in March and I returned for another mission earlier this month,…

WASHINGTON — The U.S. House Agriculture Committee Friday released the draft bill text of the long-awaited $1.5 trillion farm bill, which is likely to face opposition in the Senate from Democrats because of disagreements over…

The Kincaid Masonic Lodge selected Crest students and staff as recipients of the Exemplary Award, acknowledging their remarkable demonstration of leadership, integrity, citizenship, and adherence to high standards. From left are Tony Borum; Klaire Nilges,…

Pastor Chase Riebel’s message Sunday was from John 15:1-8 titled “True Disciples are Connected.” In his sermon, he noted that “if disciples don’t bear fruit, they will be cut off from the vine. Pruning yields…

Towanda Louise (Morris) Belosic, age 52, passed away at St. Luke’s East in Lee’s Summit, Mo., on May 18, 2024. Towanda was born on March 7, 1972, in Iola, to Bobbie Ray Morris, Sr., and…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Trucks carrying badly needed aid for the Gaza Strip rolled across a newly built U.S. pier and into the besieged enclave for the first time Friday as Israeli restrictions on border crossings…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The landmark 1954 Supreme Court ruling that desegregated schools was about more than just race in education, President Joe Biden said Friday as he commemorated the 70th anniversary of the decision. It…

HOUSTON (AP) — Power outages could last weeks in parts of Houston, an official warned Friday, after thunderstorms with hurricane-force winds tore through the city, knocking out electricity to nearly 1 million homes and businesses…