Month: February 2019

We Americans accumulate assets — “stuff.”  For some of us, it has been a lifetime spent in the accumulation process. No matter whether we have collected on our own, joined households, or have incorporated things…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas Lottery officials are urging people to check their Powerball tickets from Dec. 29. One ticket sold in south central Kansas is worth $1 million. The ticket matched the first five…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly worked Monday to rescue a key budget proposal that would reduce Kansas’ annual payments to its public pension system by trying to sell the plan to wary…

Legislators back LGBTQ bill TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Fifty-five Kansas lawmakers are co-sponsoring a bill that would ban discrimination in the private sector based on sexual orientation or gender identity. The bill introduced Monday would protect…

DEAR DR. ROACH: My question is in regard to prostate cancer diagnosis. I’m a 65-year-old man. Several years ago, I was placed on testosterone. At that time, my PSA reading was normal (2.5), but after…

Dear Carolyn: My youngest sister is 14. She recently spent 10 days at my house visiting, and we had a wonderful time. She is a little overweight and concerned about how to fix it, so…

To answer Humboldt resident Larry Mendoza?s question, ?Why weren?t there any updates or maintenance on local two-lane roads before closing portions of 169?? the short answer is: Don?t know, but hindsight is 20-20. When KDOT…

LAHARPE — As a former LaHarpe resident, Linda Womelsdorf sees a lot of similarities to the town she called home as a child. “Many of the buildings are still there,” she noted. “Both churches I…

The annual Daddy-Daughter Dance hosted by Iola’s First Baptist Church featured a night of dancing, food and photos while decked out in formal attire at LaHarpe City Hall.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas collected $49 million less in taxes than expected in January, giving Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly and the Republican-controlled Legislature a dose of bad news Friday at the start of debates…