Neil Armstrong, first man to walk on the moon when he hopped about for a camera on that July day in 1969, deserves the kind of greatness accorded to pioneers. With the Olympics fresh in…

A new visitor center will be built in the basement of the Kansas Statehouse and additional work will be done on the Capitol grounds at a total cost of about $17.4 million, the AP reported…

Alan Sleeper, a native of Iola who adopted Alden as his hometown when he married Sara Fair 68 years ago, never forgot his hometown.Alan’s parents, Nora Edith and Allan Roy Sleeper, raised him to be…

On Tuesday the Republican platform committee adopted an anti-abortion plank that allowed no exception for rape, incest or health of the woman. That same day, Rep. Todd Akin of Missouri, who agrees with the party…

Todd Akin of Missouri has discovered scientific justification for denying abortions for women who claim they were made pregnant by a rapist. Through means he refused to reveal, he learned that a woman who is…

Cut your 2013 budget by 10 percent, Gov. Sam Brownback told state department heads last week.  Gov. Brownback explained his decision to the people by saying that “Kansas is a high tax state. In order…

Three young Russians were deemed a “threat to society” by a Moscow judge and sentenced to two years in a penal colony. The women were members of the band Pussy Riot, which played a one-minute…

The tenor of Monday night’s city council meeting was reportedly relaxed, friendly and even downright productive. For the first time in more than a year no executive session was called to discuss items in private.…

Kansas universities and colleges are chasing the money — and that means searching far and wide for students. The farther out the better. Out-of-state students typically pay at least twice as much as their in-state…

Mitt Romney’s pick in Rep. Paul Ryan as his vice-presidential running mate is so good, many may be wishing Ryan was leading the ticket. Ryan makes no bones about his vision for America. And because…