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HUMBOLDT — B&W Trailer Hitches hosted about 15 members of Iola’s Rotary Club for a tour of the Humboldt facility Thursday afternoon. Engineer Todd Eyster showed Rotarians around the mammoth 500,000 square foot factory floor,…

KAMPALA, Uganda — Uganda will take in migrants deported from the U.S. under certain conditions according to a new agreement reached with the U.S. Details of the deal’s implementation are still being worked out by…

California Democrats were set Thursday to pass a redistricting map to add up to five blue congressional seats after Texas Republicans rubber-stamped President Donald Trump’s mid-decade gerrymander plan that would give the GOP a similar…

Kansas advocates say recent changes to federal policy that bar many immigrants from accessing certain health services is meant to create worse living conditions for a vulnerable community with limited health care options. They also…

LAHARPE — For the second time in less than a month, firefighters were called to extinguish a blaze at the Allen County Landfill. But unlike the previous fire on July 23, which was considerably larger…

Just because you find that life’s not fair, it doesn’t mean you have to grin and bear it. Meet Matilda, a young girl with a love of learning, a quick wit, a vivid imagination, and…

HUMBOLDT — Bridge Street Books in Humboldt will welcome Kansas author Amber Jewell this Sunday at 4 p.m. for an afternoon of hope and healing. Jewell, a licensed clinical social worker from Le Roy, will…

Wesley United Methodist Church’s food commodities distribution in Iola will resume Monday, Aug. 25, at 4:30 p.m., after being paused in June due to federal funding changes. The Kansas Department for Children and Families (DCF)…

COLONY — Crest patrons were given their first look Wednesday at the nearly finished $6 million renovation to the school building, including the addition of new classrooms, other renovated areas and a new fully accessible…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia launched a rare drone and missile attack on western Ukraine overnight, officials said Thursday, striking targets including an American-owned electronics plant and injecting further uncertainty into the U.S.-led efforts to end the three-year-old…