Month: June 2019

With three Allen County Farmers Markets to choose from, you have ample opportunity to get the goods you need for your busy work week. On Thursday, Kathy McEwan with the Southwind Extension Agency will host…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Topeka police have apologized for a Father’s Day tweet that encouraged people to turn in dads who have outstanding warrants. The Kansas City Star reports that the tweet sent Sunday says,…

Trade wars between the United States and much of the world are expected to inflict more pain on Kansas businesses and consumers in coming months, especially if President Donald Trump adds to his list of…

A clean home is a healthy home. It looks better and smells better. Some of us have faced some cleaning challenges related to recent flooding — creating real trials in achieving a ship-shape living environment.…

(AP) — Facebook is unveiling plans to create a new digital currency similar to Bitcoin for global use, one that could drive more e-commerce on its services and boost ads on its platforms. The digital…

Kansas City — The Big Train, a local 14u AA traveling baseball team, competed two weekends ago in the Kansas City Cowtown Showdown.   The Big Train took third place in the 16-team event with…

In next year’s presidential primary, Kansas Democrats will be test-driving a balloting process called ranked-choice voting that should increase turnout and be plain old good for our democracy. This is how you’d run an election…

The home environment project gives youth the opportunity to examine space, both inside and out.  Decorating a room, experimenting with colors and different types and patterns on walls and creating the feeling of coziness in…

NEW YORK (AP) — What’s behind those hard-to-resist puppy dog eyes? New research suggests that over thousands of years of dog domestication, people preferred pups that could pull off that appealing, sad look. And that…

LIBERAL, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas Highway Patrol says a pilot escaped injury when a crop duster plane’s wing hit a windmill tower and crashed in southwest Kansas. Emergency crews were called to the scene…