TOPEKA — Tools for small business owners are now available through the Kansas Small Business Office, leaders with the Kansas Department of Commerce announced Tuesday while highlighting the need to encourage entrepreneurship and business development…

TOPEKA — A state judicial nominating commission unanimously recommended Tuesday that Gov. Laura Kelly choose from among two eastern Kansas district court judges and a soft-spoken attorney in private practice to fill an impending vacancy…

The City of Iola’s purchasing policy, which gives City Council members the discretion to favor local vendors for large-scale purchases, is once again in the limelight. Council members asked City Administrator Matt Rehder Monday to…

Allen County Sheriff Anthony Maness appeared before the county commissioners Tuesday morning to clarify a lingering question: Who is responsible for the county’s 500-foot communications tower at the landfill? Originally proposed in 2018 by then-Sheriff…

HUMBOLDT — The news that no bids were received to upgrade Humboldt’s water treatment plant was met with mixed feelings Monday night.  On the one hand, it will have to be done sometime soon. But…

The Kansas Department for Children and Families (DCF) has announced a temporary halt to its June food commodity shipments due to a lack of federal funds, resulting in the cancellation of distribution at Wesley United…

President Trump ordered hundreds of Marines to Los Angeles on Tuesday to help quell a fifth day of street protests against his crackdown on undocumented immigrants. The Marine battalion of 700 active duty military troops…

DALLAS — The teen who opened fire inside Wilmer-Hutchins High School last year was sentenced to five years in prison Tuesday morning for injuring a classmate. Eighteen-year-old Ja’Kerian Rhodes-Ewing pleaded guilty to aggravated assault with…

TOPEKA — Justin Gilpin visited a remote, windswept camp in northern Kenya serving hundreds of thousands of refugees fleeing conflicts in Somalia, Ethiopia, Uganda and South Sudan. “To be able to see that and witness…

HUMBOLDT — The prospects of higher education just got a lot more affordable for future Humboldt-USD 258 graduates. The Humboldt Promise, announced at Monday’s USD 258 Board of Education meeting, is a scholarship that provides…