Tag: Kansas

Before Allen Community College trustees commit to a new recreation center, they might consider how such an effort could help strengthen the relationship between the college and its surrounding communities. After all, county property owners…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas regulators are investigating the cause of a cluster of 11 earthquakes that hit Reno County in the last five days. The Kansas Corporation Commission announced Wednesday that it is analyzing…

The Trump administration’s unfortunate decision to put the government between patients and their doctors threatens women across Kansas and Missouri. Unwanted pregnancies are virtually assured. Serious illness — and yes, backroom abortions — are possibilities.…

The City Slickers 4-H Club held their post Allen County Fair meeting Aug. 11 at the Riverside Park Community Building. President Jillian Keller called the meeting to order and Ty and Shelby Shaughnessy led the…

It’s useful to recall that the health-care crisis was big, complex and stubborn even before the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare. So the blame games now being played by partisans really don’t resonate…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The president of the company that formerly ran a literacy program for Kansas’ public elementary schools alleged Monday that the state canceled the multimillion-dollar grant in “retaliation” for the firm’s opposition…

Kansas Democrats hoping to elect a U.S. senator for the first time in decades will likely need to look for someone other than Barry Grissom, one of the announced candidates. Grissom’s campaign suffered a devastating…

TOPEKA — The drive from Topeka to El Dorado Correctional Facility takes about two hours each way. Leoti Masterson makes the trip every week without hesitation. She would never pass up a chance to see…

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — It can be hard to keep smiles healthy in rural areas, where dentists are few and far between and residents often are poor and lack dental coverage. Efforts to remedy the…

Even though LGBTQ youth are increasingly accepted in schools across America, many classrooms do shockingly little to teach young people just how hard activists have fought — and continue to fight— for the recognition that…