Month: July 2018

Descendants of Hugh and Jessie Burnett Murrow gathered Sunday, July 15 for a covered dish dinner at Riverside Park. For what is estimated to be over 50 years, the tradition of gathering to visit and…

A contract dispute that could disrupt the health care of more than 400,000 Kansans enrolled in the state’s privatized Medicaid program has landed in court. Amerigroup, one of three companies that since 2013 has managed…

What became clear to members of a school steering committee Thursday afternoon was that each time they present their plans to a group of the uninitiated, they’re going to have to start at square one…

Joshua Knapp is guilty of murdering Iolan Shawn Cook. Jurors took over just an hour Thursday to convict Knapp of first-degree murder, concluding the four-day trial in Allen County District Court. Jurors agreed Knapp teamed…

Each of the McKarnin family’s five dogs has a distinct personality. There’s Lilly, a rat terrier mix who chose Brandon McKarnin, age 13, as her favorite human when he was 5. Brandon’s grandmother rescued Lilly…

The temperature at 8 o’clock on Thursday morning was already approaching 80 degrees, and the humidity was enough to stamp large, polymorphic patches of sweat onto the backs of the 4-H volunteers who hustled to…

GUTHRIE, Okla. — Karlee Boots, 11, Welda, teamed up with Rydan White, 12, Red-field, to take home the Reserve World Champion title in junior ribbon roping at the 2018 National Little Britches Final Rodeo at…

BRANSON, Mo. (AP) — Divers found four more bodies Friday in a Missouri lake where a duck boat packed with tourists capsized and sank in high winds, bringing the death toll to 17 in the…

A new report finds legalizing sports gambling could boost revenue for states like Kansas, but any windfall is likely to be brief. Sports gambling began to tempt lawmakers after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling legalized…

CARNOUSTIE, Scotland (AP) — Kevin Kisner hit his approach shot into the Barry Burn at No. 18 and made double-bogey 6, dropping the American into a share of the lead on 6 under at the…