TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas Board of Regents is requesting a $95.3 million increase in state tax funding for 32 universities and colleges in the system. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports $50 million of that…

NEW YORK (AP) — What makes Impossible burgers possible? An engineered ingredient that makes the veggie patty look bloody — and one of many new concoctions food regulators expect to see more of in the…

HUMBOLDT — Early one afternoon this week a dozen students walked into Kim Isbell’s room on the second floor of Humboldt High School. No idle chatter, no horsing around. They promptly sat down at work…

Shane Winner, a senior and academic standout at Iola High School, assumed he’d follow a predictable route after graduation: Go to a four-year state college, earn a degree and join the workforce.  That path took…

No, I’m not sick. I don’t have scurvy, hepatitis, cancer, bulimia. There’s been no gastric bypass surgery, lap band procedure or related cosmetic change. Haven’t tried hypnosis, I don’t subscribe to Weight Watchers nor have…

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — In one of the videos, a small object streaks across the sky before the U.S. Navy fighter jet’s tracking system locks on and follows it. “Whoa. Got it,” the pilot yells,…

When a letter showed up in my in-box from my seventh-grade science teacher, it took me by surprise. I haven’t thought about Mr. Erickson for 47 years. Seventh-grade was … well, a long time ago.…

Chad and Cara Roach, Humboldt, announce the birth of Declan and Danica Roach, born Aug. 27, 2019, at Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center in Chanute. Declan weighed 5 pounds, 5 ounces, and was 18 inches…

Carlyle Presbyterian Church Pastor Steve Traw’s message Sunday, “The Things Which Shall Take Place,” was taken from Revelation Chapter 6:1-8. This chapter reveals the judgment of the opening of the six seals upon those living…

We all have moments when we doubt ourselves. For me this happened this spring when the Humanity House Community Garden was under floodwaters for nearly a week, making its harvest inedible and forcing us to…