TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — One of Republican Kris Kobach’s main opponents said Wednesday that he is not qualified to serve as Kansas governor because of his tough stance against illegal immigration and because he promises…

FORT WORTH, Texas — A federal judge in Texas on Wednesday rejected a request from a group of Republican-led states to suspend the Affordable Care Act, but he extensively quizzed attorneys involved in the latest…

Allen County Area Retired School Personnel met Wednesday at Calvary Methodist Church in Iola. The church men served a bounteous breakfast to 35 members and guests Tim Osborn, a new member, and Jane Martin, district…

In keeping with Phi Tau Omega’s national goal of “Feeding the Hungry,” members of the local Kappa Alpha sorority agreed at their meeting Tuesday to provide desserts and help serve the meal at First Presbyterian…

NEW YORK (AP) — A large commercial jet from Dubai caused a scare on Wednesday after a pilot radioed that it would be landing at New York’s Kennedy Airport carrying several passengers and crew members…

LAWRENCE, Kan. — Paul Davis says he’s frustrated, but he doesn’t really show it. Sitting at a wooden desk in his campaign office in downtown Lawrence, the bespectacled Democrat matter-of-factly states that he’s irked by…

News that Amazon’s CEO Jeff Bezos donated $10 million to a super PAC, leaves us cold. First, it doesn’t seem right anyone should have that much disposable income. Second, those with deep pockets have politicians…

40 Years Ago September 1978 Milo poured into waiting trailers from a combine west of Iola Thursday as Gordon Conger harvested the grain from an experimental plot. Forty-seven varieties of the feed grain from seven…

Dear editor, The Kansas Republican primary is over. Both Jeff Colyer and Kris Kobach were Brownback party loyalists. Colyer appeared to differ on Brownback’s tax cut disaster, but if he had been elected governor he…

Even with the entrance of former Gov. Gary Johnson into the contest for U.S. Senate, we in New Mexico can’t claim the excitement of the race for Senate taking place right now in Texas. ….…