TOPEKA — CoreCivic will know by Friday whether it will have to delay plans to begin holding Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees in June at its Leavenworth facility. The city of Leavenworth in March filed…

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that U.S. officials must retain custody and control of migrants apparently removed to South Sudan in case he orders their removals were unlawful. U.S. District Judge Brian…

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s agriculture minister was forced to resign Wednesday because of political fallout over his recent comments that he “never had to buy rice” because he got it from supporters as a gift.…

YATES CENTER — Plans are in the works to rebuild a Yates Center nursing home destroyed in a March 14  grass fire. Mission Health announced earlier this month that Yates Center Health and Rehab will…

The slashing rains that hammered the region earlier this week has Allen County Commissioners seeking help elsewhere to repair a leaky courthouse roof. While the roof is still under warranty with Boren’s Roofing of Iola,…

LAWRENCE — Shelley Miles lives on a quaint, tree-lined street in Lawrence. She used to share her split-level home with her husband, Kirk. But then he was diagnosed with dementia. Miles said in 2021, Kirk’s…

On Nov. 5, 1994, my father, Ronald Reagan, wrote a letter to America announcing he had been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. He and my mother had decided to share the news, he wrote, because, “In opening…

St. Louis is in a state of emergency.  And I must commend Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe on two fronts after an EF3 tornado ripped through my hometown late last week.  First, to prepare for this…

The Iola Mustangs advanced to the regional semifinals after shutting out Anderson County 7-0 before an incoming thunderstorm canceled the remaining two innings of the contest.  Pitcher Zoie Hesse was en route to a perfect…

Humboldt High School standout Connor Newman will head to the state golf tournament after culminating a whirlwind freshman season with a regional title Tuesday in Caney Valley. Newman edged Baxter Springs sophomore Cole Parish by…