COLONY — With Prom Night a week away, and Graduation Day not long after, Crest High School students, ready or not, will make some hefty choices in the coming days. But in order to make…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A U.S. fighter jet was shot down in Iran on Friday and one crew member was rescued, officials said, the first aircraft downed since the war began nearly five weeks ago.…

Southeast Kansas Mental Health Center will terminate employment for 23 staff members at the end of this month, according to a press release issued Thursday afternoon. Salary reductions for staff and officers will also be…

Nearly half of all Americans live with high blood pressure, a leading risk factor for heart attack and stroke. In response, a new community-based effort is aiming to make prevention and monitoring more accessible. The…

It took all of a week for Lyndon Kern to encounter his first hiccup as Iola’s water plant superintendent. Kern, who replaced the retiring Toby Ross March 23 to assume administrative duties at the water…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Thursday that Pam Bondi is out as his attorney general, ending the contentious tenure of a loyalist who upended the Justice Department’s culture of independence from the White House, oversaw…

WASHINGTON — The Senate took the first step Thursday in a GOP-backed plan to reopen the Department of Homeland Security, sending the House for a second time its bill to fund the department except for…

(AP) — U.S. egg prices have fallen 60% from last year’s record highs, making it easier for consumers to fill their Easter baskets and Passover Seder plates. Bird flu was to blame for elevated retail…

TOPEKA — Surging oil prices associated with instability in the Middle East threaten to exacerbate tight margins for Kansas farmers by driving up the cost of fuel and fertilizer, a Kansas State University economist says.…

Federal regulators on Wednesday approved Eli Lilly’s new weight-loss pill, a second daily oral medication to treat obesity and other weight-related conditions. The Food and Drug Administration granted expedited approval to orforglipron, a GLP-1 drug…