LAWRENCE — This past March, a wildfire caused by high winds and a smoldering brush pile tore through 130 acres in Yates Center, consuming the Yates Center Health and Rehabilitation Center, a senior living facility,…

Traci Tidd and John Cox Sr. may never be as happy to see a new year as they are this week. “Next year has to get better, right?” Tidd asked Friday. Tidd spoke as she…

There is a children’s story I used to read to my daughters when they were 3 and 4 years old. It comes from Arnold Lobel’s “Frog and Toad” series and involves a big batch of…

Before we turn to the U.S. Supreme Court’s opinion last week blocking the deployment of Texas National Guard soldiers to Illinois, let’s work through a thought experiment. Imagine we are not living with the Trump…

Health experts typically advise getting your COVID-19 and flu vaccine by the end of October. However, if you’ve missed that window, you can still get them well into the respiratory virus season and see a…

The Lions are staying home for the playoffs, the Packers are in the postseason and only one spot remains open in the NFC. Detroit’s dismal performance in a 23-10 loss to Minnesota on Christmas Day…

NEW YORK (AP) — Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier ‘s lawyers are asking a judge to throw out sports gambling charges that have kept him off the court this season, arguing that the government overreached…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — If Thursday night was the last game Travis Kelce played inside Arrowhead Stadium, he sure tried to make it a memorable one. The Chiefs tight end only had five catches…

As the Christmas break extends through the New Year, many area high school wrestling and basketball teams will receive a much-needed rest before getting back to work. Only the Allen Community College women’s basketball team…

Sabra Stockebrand is doing more than ringing in the new year with a tribute performance to music superstar Lady Gaga. Stockebrand’s two-night performance, “A Very Gaga New Year with Sabra,” runs next Wednesday, Dec. 30,…