Belva “Joyce” Stokes, age 76, of Humboldt, died at her home on Sunday, March 29, 2020.  She was born on July 19, 1943 to Ernest and Chloe (Toadman) Appling in Iola. She married Charles Stokes…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Like forecasters tracking a megastorm, White House officials are relying on statistical models to help predict the impact of the coronavirus outbreak and try to protect as many people as possible. The…

MADRID (AP) — Spain’s coronavirus deaths jumped by a record number Tuesday as the country’s medical system strained to care for its tens of thousands of infected patients, and Italy opened a 200-bed field hospital…

What we have discovered through the COVID-19 situation — social distancing, stay-at-home spring break, and the announcement of schools closing — is that there are many learning opportunities right at our fingertips.    Bradford Wiles,…

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks fell in early trading today, as Wall Street closes in on its worst quarterly performance since the most harrowing days of the 2008 financial crisis. The S&P 500 dipped by…

NEOSHO FALLS — A lengthy police chase and extended standoff ended with the arrest of a 38-year-old woman who apparently set fire to the house in which she was hiding. Law enforcement officers arrested Tava…

I seem to hit the fraud and scams topic fairly frequently. However, the landscape scammers work within is constantly changing, and scammers are crafty in learning new ways of reaching their targets.  With the current…

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — An official in the Wichita area wants to temporarily close an abortion clinic during the coronavirus pandemic that has spawned another outbreak of cases at a Kansas nursing home. Sedgwick County…

Already a cut-throat industry, restaurants are learning to evolve amidst the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic. Sam and Louie’s Italian Restaurant and Red Beard BBQ are two local establishments that are adjusting to the new territory by…

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Kansas businessman Bob Hamilton on Monday announced he’s running as a Republican for U.S. Senate. Hamilton threw his  name in the ring to be the Kansas Republican nominee for retiring…