COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Tim Scott abruptly announced late Sunday that he was dropping out of the 2024 race, a development that surprised his donors and stunned his campaign staff just two…

Political newcomer Lily Wu has ousted current Wichita Mayor Brandon Whipple and will become the city’s first Asian-American mayor. Unofficial results show Wu received 58% of the vote over Whipple’s 42%. In her victory speech,…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters threw their support behind abortion rights in Ohio, Virginia and elsewhere as Democrats look to springboard off those wins by using the issue to drive turnout and shape next year’s races…

Allen County voters overwhelmingly rejected Tuesday a proposed $9.95 million bond issue to renovate the Allen County Courthouse. Of 2,510 advance and election ballots counted, 1,897, or 76%, were against the measure. Such huge margins…

This page will continue to be updated as election results come in. Last update: Wednesday, 8:24 a.m. A total of 457 advance ballots and 2,053 Election Day votes have been counted.  With advance and Election…

Poll workers Judy McGraw, from left, and Vince Coons, attend Mike and Diane Rogers at the polling station at Iola’s Dr. John Silas Bass North Community Building on Tuesday morning. “It’s a family thing,” said…

Polls are open until 7 p.m. today for city and school board elections, as well as two bond issues. One, for $9.95 million, would renovate the Allen County Courthouse. Another, for voters of the Crest…

TOPEKA — Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach made his case to Supreme Court justices on Friday that voting rights should not be given the same protection as other constitutional rights, hoping to sway them over…

A number of local races will be decided Tuesday, most notably a countywide vote on whether to approve a $9.95 million renovation to the Allen County Courthouse. On top of the courthouse vote, Iolans will…

MORAN — Darcy Burton confesses she’d given little thought to city governance until a little more than a year ago. The impetus? Burton, 37, took on a new job, as an administrative clerk assistant in…