KANSAS CITY, KAN. — After more than a month away due to the Christmas break, the Allen Red Devils returned to the hardwood with a few fireworks Wednesday while defeating the Kansas City Kansas Community…

It’s hard being at the top. Addilyn “Addie” Wacker, the female Allen County Area Athlete of the Month for December, knows all too well its ups and downs. As the No. 1 ranked 130 lb.…

Allen County residents now receive emergency notifications through a new alert system, Genasys, following the county’s transition away from the long-used CodeRED platform. County commissioners unanimously approved the change in August 2025, with the new…

TOPEKA — Hundreds of Kansans chanted “f*** ICE,” carried pointed and sometime profane signs, and sang protest songs Wednesday as they flooded the second floor of the Statehouse to rally for human rights. Fourteen groups,…

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened to invoke an 1807 law and deploy troops to quell persistent protests against the federal officers sent to Minneapolis to enforce his administration’s massive immigration crackdown.…

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. forces in the Caribbean Sea have seized another sanctioned oil tanker that the Trump administration says has ties to Venezuela, part of a broader U.S. effort to take control of the…

Iran may have averted U.S. strikes for now by pledging not to execute protesters after pressure from President Donald Trump. Trump told reporters Wednesday he had been informed the “killing in Iran is stopping,” adding…

TOPEKA — U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran of Kansas, an occupational resident of Washington, D.C., for three decades, says he looked forward to reading weekly editions of the Plainville Times for the latest news from his…

Robert “Bob” Schwepker, 84, died Jan. 7, 2026, in Creve Coeur, Mo. He was born July 1, 1941, in Cape Girardeau, Mo., to Herman August Schwepker and Irma Rose Schwepker (née Golde). Survivors include his…

Dr. Robert Eugene Lacy, 94, of Topeka, passed away peacefully Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026. He was born May 27, 1931, in Iola, Kan., the son of Harry and Gladys (Wilcox) Lacy. He graduated from Iola…