TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas Supreme Court on Tuesday night canceled arguments from attorneys over a civil rights’ group attempt to force the state to release prison inmates with preexisting medical conditions making them…

Colony Christian Church had a strong turnout for its first drive-in service Sunday due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Parishioners heard the Easter story from John 8:21-30 about the resurrection of Jesus.  The sermon in its…

70 Years Ago At least eight and possibly as many as 10 new houses will be built on North Tennessee Street this spring and summer by Bunt Warren, Iola realtor, and Vernon Peterson, contractor, in…

Woe to the newly unemployed in Kansas. Computer crashes, dropped calls and flooded phone lines are the new norm at the Department of Labor since tens of thousands have begun seeking relief from the COVID-19…

As we mourn the loss of thousands to the coronavirus, we must also find ways to celebrate these lives taken too soon. This is easy with John Prine, the great American songwriter who died of…

Joel Boyce needed only one season to showcase his basketball talents for Allen Community College. The 6-4 redshirt sophomore averaged 16.3 points per game on 49.5% shooting, good enough for All-KJCCC second-team honors.   Now,…

LAWRENCE, Kan. — University of Kansas sophomore point guard Devon Dotson has decided to make himself eligible for the 2020 NBA Draft. Dotson, a 6-foot-2, 185-pound native of Charlotte, North Carolina, made the announcement Monday,…

The first couple of weeks of unprecedented online and at-home teaching have gone relatively smoothly, USD 257 administrators said. With schools shuttered due to the coronavirus pandemic, school districts have had to develop plans for…

The world still relies far too much on burning fossil fuels for energy, but an annual accounting of new energy sources carries some heartening news: Nearly 75% of new electricity generation capacity last year involved…

“They haven’t even proven it helps” treat COVID-19, said Melanie Johnson, former Humboldt cheerleading coach and mom of four, in relation to the drug hydroxychloroquine, more commonly known as Plaquenil. Johnson has been getting treatment…