LOS ANGELES (AP) — Event organizers should review their emergency plans after the deadly shooting at a California food festival to see if they can make additional safety improvements as the peak of summer and…

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Max Falkenstien, the affable and silver-tongued “Voice of the Jayhawks” who brought Kansas football and basketball into the homes of fans for six decades, died Monday. He was 95. The school…

SEATTLE (AP) — A security breach at Capital One Financial, one of the nation’s largest issuers of credit cards, compromised the personal information of about 106 million people, and in some cases the hacker obtained…

(AP) — On the brink of missing the playoffs for the first time in his career, seven-time NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson is moving on to another new crew chief in the hope of reversing a…

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Louisiana judge ordered that NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and three officials from January’s NFC title game be questioned under oath in September about the infamous “no-call” that helped the Los…

SOLOMON, Kan. (AP) — The U.S. Geological Survey says a 3.1 magnitude earthquake has rattled central Kansas. The quake was reported around 4:30 a.m. today about 5.6 miles southwest of the town of Solomon. No…

  Abby Rinehart checks a rabbit?s ears during the rabbit showmanship competition at the fair Saturday.   Jillian Keller is doused with a jug of water during the Barnyard Olympics competition.   From left, Prairie…

They come to Iola not just to compete for the best barbecue but also for the camaraderie.  Their goal is to qualify for the American Royal Barbecue Contest in September.  But, to a large degree,…

HUMBOLDT — Misinterpretation of a video inspection of sewer mains will lead to Humboldt’s sewer improvement project costing an additional $136,000, council members learned Thursday evening. When better than 7,000 feet of mains were inspected…

A dozen volunteers from the LaHarpe Veterans of Foreign Wars and VFW Auxiliary gave a fellow veteran a helping hand Saturday, with hours of laborious yard work the centerpiece. Kipp, an 83-year-old Korean War veteran,…