If ever a global pandemic were to befall a class of students, this year’s 2020 graduates are well-equipped, according to Regina Chriestenson, speech and drama teacher at Iola High School. “I know this sounds odd,…

Crest Middle School seventh-grader Karlee Boots used an idle Monday afternoon to help her grandmother Pat Spencer clean the signature white fence at St. John’s Cemetery north of Gas. Spencer and the 13-year-old Boots hoped…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas is facing a projected 8.1% shortfall in its next state budget after a new fiscal forecast issued Monday slashed projections for expected tax collections over the next 15 months by…

Last year as a junior, Calvin Delich’s baseball season couldn’t have gone any better.  Delich finished with a team-high .533 batting average, and also snagged a spot on the Kansas All-State first team. So, heading…

LAWRENCE — The looming expiration date on Kansas’ statewide stay-at-home order worries Mary and Gary House of southeast Kansas. Though they’re staying in as much as possible now, once life returns to normal that will…

If you are a local high school sports fan (like me) and take a scroll through Twitter, more than likely you’ll stumble upon the ongoing football helmet frenzy. Currently, the Kansas Helmet Project page (@kshelmetproject)…

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The virtual racing has been cute and kept everyone entertained but NASCAR needs to get back to the real thing, quickly, for the financial and mental health of the sport. NASCAR…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said that he will sign an executive order “to temporarily suspend immigration into the United States” because of the coronavirus. “In light of the attack from the Invisible Enemy,…

Chiefs legend Bobby Bell always has been socially nimble, figures Willie Lanier, one of his teammates for life. For one thing, how else could an African-American man have navigated his move from North Carolina to…

The recent renewed interest in gardening is exciting. I’m happy to see more people become interested in growing their own food. Gardening not only provides us with nutritious food, it is also good exercise and…