Month: December 2024

SEOUL, South Korea — A South Korean court on Tuesday issued an arrest warrant for suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol, the Yonhap news agency reported. The Corruption Investigation Office is investigating Yoon for unexpectedly imposing…

Allen County commissioners initiated steps for D&D Propane to build a retail operation just east of Humboldt on US 169. The commissioners approved the planning board’s recommendation on Monday to grant a conditional use zoning…

A Washington D.C. watchdog group has sued the U.S. Department of Justice, asking the government to release documents on a controversial former prosecutor from Kansas. Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, or CREW, wants…

LeBron James loves horror movies, loves them so much he has a tattoo of his “Big Three” villains on his thigh. There’s “Nightmare on Elm Street’s” Freddy Krueger. There’s “Halloween’s” Michael Myers. And there’s “Friday…

It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Margaret Joan Harper on Friday, Dec. 27, 2024, at the age of 99 years old in Scott City, Kan. Having lived independently until just…

Charles B. Schafer passed away Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024, in Wellsville, Kan. He was born Jan. 28, 1938, in Fort Scott, Kansas, to John and Annabel Schafer. He graduated from Fort Scott High School in…

The ripple effects of the brawl that broke out between Ohio State and Michigan football players in late November are still spreading. A massive scrum ensued when celebrating Michigan players tried to plant a team…

Threats to independent reporting on the government come most famously from Donald Trump, in screeds about punishing journalists and news organizations.  The recent decision by ABC News to pay $15 million to settle a defamation…

Jerrell L. Smith, aka “Biology Bob,” of Iola, Kan., passed away at his home Saturday, Dec. 28, 2024. Jerrell was born Jan. 28, 1938, in Athol, Kansas, to Elmer and Neva (Conley) Smith. He attended…

NEW YORK — A federal appeals court has upheld a $5 million verdict against Donald Trump for sexually abusing and defaming magazine columnist E. Jean Carroll. A three-judge panel at the Second Circuit Court of…