Hurricane Florence is expected to hit the Atlantic seaboard later this week. Even if it doesn’t make landfall, the anticipated rainfall will exacerbate an already flooded coastline. From Boston to Miami and around into the…

Dear editor, I am an 82-year-old woman who is disabled. I have spinal stenosis and had a total hip replacement about two years ago. I have had several back surgeries and I have a torn…

In the hours, days and weeks that followed Sept. 11, 2001, citizens throughout our communities taped American flags printed in newspapers to windows as a show of solidarity. The pages were ephemeral, colors dimming in…

The U.S.-China trade war escalated again in late August, with each side imposing duties on an additional $16 billion of imports from the other. That brings the total value of exports exposed to duties to…

HUTCHINSON — The three major candidates for Kansas governor traded barbs Saturday before hundreds of raucous supporters at the Kansas State Fair. Democrat Laura Kelly, a state senator from Topeka, charged Republican Kris Kobach with…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Control of Congress and the future of Donald Trump’s presidency are on the line as the primary season closes this week, jump-starting a two-month sprint to Election Day that will test Democrats’…

Hurricane Florence is rapidly intensifying and could strike a direct and dangerous blow anywhere from the Carolinas to the Mid-Atlantic region later this week, possibly as a fearsome category 4, forecasters said. The first impacts…

Hutchinson —The Kansas State Fair’s 4-H/FFA Grand Drive program is broadening beyond its annual livestock competition to reward not only top-notch animals, but the hard-working youth that raise them. At the 2019 Kansas State Fair,…

Registered nurses at 15 hospitals owned by the nation’s largest for-profit hospital chain — including Research Medical Center and Menorah Medical Center — have voted to authorize a strike if contract negotiations remain at an…

After Saturday’s women’s tennis match at the U.S. Open I’m beginning to question my qualifications as a feminist. In my mind, the umpire rightly penalized Serena Williams when he spotted her coach signaling her instructions…