LONDON (AP) — The U.K. government was poised today to extend a nationwide lockdown for several more weeks, as health officials said Britain’s coronavirus outbreak — one of Europe’s worst — is nearing its peak.…

Dear editor, I want to give a huge “Hoorah” to all those in the medical field, law enforcement and transportation. You’ve been there since the Civil War to the present. You’ve pulled us off the…

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson suggested Tuesday he he isn’t enthusiastic about working with other states to reopen their economies in a coordinated way once the coronavirus crisis has passed. “At the end of the day,…

The staggering economic consequences of the social distancing edicts adopted across most of the nation last month have led to a vigorous debate over whether, to use President Donald Trump’s term, the “cure” for the…

60 Years Ago John H. Wille, president, and the Piqua State Bank, will quietly celebrate a dual 50th anniversary tomorrow. First known as the Farmers State Bank of Piqua, the institution was opened April 13,…

Kansas leaders, the time has come. Our state needs to switch to a mail-in election system, for primary and general elections. That’s a sweeping statement, we understand. But the reasons are compelling and deserve to…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department took the rare step on Tuesday of weighing in on the side of a Mississippi Christian church where local officials had tried to stop Holy Week services broadcast to…

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — After a month of draconian steps to minimize deaths and prevent hospital overload from the coronavirus pandemic, governors now face a new challenge: Deciding when and how to begin easing restrictions…

President Donald Trump has tried to wash his hands of the COVID-19 pandemic ever since it was first brought to his attention four months ago. In January, Alex Azar, secretary of Health and Human Services,…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Barack Obama endorsed Joe Biden on Tuesday, giving the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee a boost from the party’s biggest fundraiser and one of its most popular figures. “Joe has the…