UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously on Thursday to terminate the U.N. peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon at the end of next year after nearly five decades, bowing to demands from the United…

Allen County Commissioners blended routine procedures with a shift in funding priorities at their meeting Tuesday night.  After approving revenue hearings for rural fire and sewer districts, commissioners unanimously adopted the county’s 2026 budget —…

YATES CENTER — You wouldn’t know it by looking at it, but a small well on the northeast corner of Yates Center’s downtown square plays a part in the town’s history. The hand-dug well proved…

HUMBOLDT — The fourth annual Middle of Everywhere Festival — a three-day celebration of blues and roots music — returns Friday through Sunday in Humboldt. Damaris Kunkler of A Bolder Humboldt, the driving force and…

TOPEKA — Agriculture is a potential winner of new federal dollars when Kansas officials considered the state’s gains and losses from the “one big, beautiful bill“ act, the legislative budget committee learned Tuesday. Multiple funding…

COLONY — It’s difficult to know which will be the biggest draw; the homemade salsa competition or the pie-eating contest. Or maybe it will be the fish and chips for lunch. But then again, the…

For many families, the school bus is a lifeline that makes daily schedules possible. But for Stacie Smail, the long ride her 4-year-old son Porter faces each afternoon has turned into a source of stress.…

Olivia Sumner’s glass-walled classroom inside the Learning Lab space in downtown Wichita is an experiment in learning — a K-6 microschool developed and operated by Wichita public schools. Last summer, the district reached out to…

Iola will likely soon have an ordinance in place to follow in case the city receives a request to have a person’s remains removed from either Highland or Iola Cemetery. The discussion is both proactive…

Bourbon County commissioners have moved to eliminate financial support for the Southeast Kansas Mental Health Center, joining the other five counties in the nonprofit’s service area to enact significant funding cuts to the organization.  In…