Month: August 2024

Lowell Edward Butts, age 86, of Piqua, Kansas, passed away Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024, at his residence. Lowell was born June 25, 1938, in Toronto, Kansas, to John Butts and Alice (Callahan) Butts. He attended…

WICHITA, Kansas — The American Civil Liberties Union has condemned a Kansas elementary school principal for allowing someone from a Christian missionary group to hand out Bibles to students during recess. ACLU of Kansas officials…

Briley Prather wasn’t necessarily looking to put her name in the Iola High School history books. She was just looking for some friends to golf with. At Prather’s urging, Iola school board members approved the…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Michael Lorenzen pitched seven shutout innings, MJ Melendez homered and the Kansas City Royals beat the Los Angeles Angels 3-0 on Wednesday for their sixth win in seven games. The…

LOS ANGELES — Darrell Doucette didn’t play NCAA football. He never played in the NFL. But the 35-year-old New Orleans native thinks he’s a better player than Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, a three-time…

Adapted from an online discussion. Dear Carolyn: Recently, my parents, 62 and 58, watched my young children, 2 and 5, while my husband and I went on a four-day trip for our anniversary. They live…

CHICAGO — There are fake champions and there are real ones. And you’ll never see the difference clearer than when you compare Hulk Hogan’s shirt-ripping act at the Republican National Convention to Steve Kerr’s appearance…

CHICAGO — I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: The Kansas City Chiefs belong to Missouri and Kansas. The two states really shouldn’t be in competition for a team we all love and…

Last Friday, the White House released a joint statement with Qatar and Egypt letting the world know that cease-fire talks between Israel and Hamas were in their final stage. A so-called bridging proposal was sent…

New Jersey is wiping out $100 million in medical debt for about 50,000 of its residents, using federal pandemic relief funds and partnering with a nonprofit that buys the debt from hospitals or the secondary…