In our corner of Kansas, I have heard people talking about Pride month. Most of the conversations run along the lines of, “why does it exists, why do “they” have to have a parade, why…

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Russian woman has been sentenced to seven years in prison for taking a child she had with a Kansas man to her native country and demanding money before she would…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Top Republican legislators on Wednesday blocked nearly $10 million that Kansas corrections officials argue they need to deal with prison overcrowding and said lawmakers might reject Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s choice…

Gov. Laura Kelly said Wednesday she’ll dispatch her lieutenant governor to a dozen small cities across the state in hopes of crafting a plan to aid rural areas. Kelly created the Office of Rural Prosperity…

Brody Nemecek was named a Kansas 4-H State Project winner at the annual Emerald Circle banquet in Manhattan on May 30. Nemecek, a senior at Iola High School, won in the self-determined category. The award…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Top Republican legislators on Tuesday accused Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s administration of breaking Kansas law with a new policy that makes it easier for adults who are not working to keep…

60 Years Ago June 1959 The Iola Coca-Cola Bottling Co., 204 N. Washington, the county’s oldest business of its type, will celebrate its 50th anniversary this month with an open house and a dinner for…

The leaders of Pathway Church on the outskirts of Wichita, Kan., had no clue that the $22,000 they already had on hand for Easter would have such impact. The nondenominational suburban congregation of about 3,800…

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The latest government report shows just how far behind Kansas growers are in planting their crops amid all the rain and flooding in the state. The National Agricultural Statistics Service reported…

With last Wednesday’s sine die end to the 2019 legislative session, we can make an early assessment of Kansas politics, the Legislature, and especially Governor Laura Kelly.  If a governor’s term consists of four legislative…