Month: July 2018

Congregants of the Lutheran and Methodist churches in Burdick gathered for a time of intercessory prayer Sunday night. Their plea? Rain. “We don’t need just a couple of inches worth. We need bucket-fulls,” relayed former…

After two decades of working for a small business, it’s natural to feel like family. Kendal Catt wasn’t related to Jim Tholen, his boss of 22 years, but that didn’t stop customers from asking, “How’s…

MAE SAI, Thailand (AP) — An aide to the Thai Navy SEAL commander says four boys were brought out of the flooded cave in northern Thailand today and the ongoing rescue operation is over for…

History came alive on Saturday in Humboldt as it hosted its annual vintage baseball game. The Branson Bombers and the Topeka Westerns faced off at the Walter Johnson Stadium dressed in traditional baseball uniforms and…

High School Softball: Two area athletes found their way to honorable mention status for 2-1A softball when the all-state baseball and softball leagues announced their honors today. Marmaton Valley junior Karle Stephens and Yates Center…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas has expanded the number of counties classified as having a drought emergency so that nearly half are covered. Allen County remains in the “warning” category, just a step below emergency…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is freezing payments under an “Obamacare” program that protects insurers with sicker patients from financial losses, a move expected to add to premium increases next year. At stake are…

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach will not represent himself during the appeal of a voting rights case in which he was ordered to undergo more legal education and was twice…

WASHINGTON (AP) — So is this what a trade war looks like? The Trump administration and China’s leadership have imposed tens of billions of dollars in tariffs on each other’s goods. President Donald Trump has…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — It was only a matter of time, just a couple of months actually, before a preteen boy captured in a viral video yodeling in a Walmart put out a record. Mason…