Month: February 2026

TOPEKA — The Senate on Monday passed a bill to force state officials to share Kansans’ personal data with the federal government. In a vote along party lines, Senate Substitute for House Bill 2004 will…

TOPEKA — Five people walked through the Kansas Capitol on Monday shrouded in long, red cloaks and with faces concealed from view by wing-like white bonnets. The intent was to catch the attention of legislators…

J. Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb, once warned that nuclear rivalry was like “two scorpions in a bottle, each capable of killing the other, but only at the risk of his own…

There is a new type of farm spreading across the Kansas horizon. These farms do not have crops to cultivate, instead they harvest the wind and sunrays. Wind and solar farms have steadily increased across…

CHICAGO (AP) — The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, a protege of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and two-time presidential candidate who led the Civil Rights Movement for decades after the revered leader’s assassination, died Tuesday. He…

Adapted from online discussions, here and here. Dear Carolyn: I moved into my boyfriend’s house last week. We’ve been together over four years. I might have moved in sooner, but he bought the house a…

TONGANOXIE — Junior Zoie Hesse, 190 lbs., sophomore Addilyn Wacker, 130 lbs., and freshman heavyweight Kaelin Rodriguez will compete for state titles Feb. 27-28 after qualifying at Saturday’s KSHSAA 4A Eastern Regional. Hesse (32-3) and…

The Iola Mustangs silenced the Anderson County Bulldogs with a 67-33 victory Friday. After chiding his team for letting up too soon on Anderson County in last month’s loss in the War on 54 Basketball…

SILVER LAKE — Humboldt High School will have three Lady Cubs competing for state Feb. 27 and 28 in Hays following Saturday’s KSHSAA 3-1A East Regional. Senior Victoria Melendez, 100 lbs., senior Savannah Koch, 190…

ALMA — The first quarters told the tale on a tough day on the hardwood for Marmaton Valley High’s squads Saturday. The Wildcats were at Waubunsee High School’s gymnasium to take on Hanover for a…