The job as public works director doesn’t earn many compliments, but they were being dished in Mitch Garner’s direction during the Allen County commission meeting on Monday morning. Commissioner Bill King complimented county crews for…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas’ new chief justice plans to push for changes aimed at helping veterans and the mentally ill, and expects to press for a big budget increase from a Republican-controlled Legislature that’s…

Just rattle off how many pounds you want to lose, what pant size you want to wear, how much weight you want to squat, or the date you need to look photo-ready and you are…

Enrollment for USDA Farm Service Agency’s Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) has opened. The program began Dec. 9 and runs through Feb. 28. This is an opportunity for producers to submit offers to re-enroll land that…

Santa took advantage of Monday’s ideal travel conditions to make one last stop in Iola before embarking on his global gift-giving trek tonight. Here, Santa shares a gaze with 3-week-old Gracelynn  West during his stop…

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — A court in Saudi Arabia on Monday sentenced five people to death for the killing of Washington Post columnist and royal family critic Jamal Khashoggi, who was murdered in the…

35 Years Ago December 1989 TOPEKA (AP) — Sen. Robert Talkington became the first Senate president from southeast Kansas in more than 35 years as he edged out incumbent Ross Doyen in secret balloting at…

With most purchases, whether it’s groceries, a new car or a house, the price is clear up front. Not so for medical services, which can produce massive, mysterious bills to insurers and patients long after…

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. (AP) — Depending on which country they’re from, the kids may ask about Father Christmas, Papa Noel, Saint Nick or Santa Claus. But they all want to know one thing:…

As a child, I often walked the short distance from my family’s tenement house in Woonsocket, R.I., to the neighborhood store to buy milk and bread. I paid with food stamps, which my family needed…