As originally planned, Hunter Dozier of the Royals earlier this month would have been at Kauffman Stadium enjoying a meet-and-greet with a delegation from Big Brothers Big Sisters Kansas City. Normally, it would have been…

It wasn’t exactly the finish line Ali Riecke had in mind. The 27-year-old had envisioned something more tropical when she signed up to participate in her second “Run Across Haiti,” an ambitious eight-day, 200-mile tour…

Eddie Sutton, the Hall of Fame basketball coach who led three teams to the Final Four and was the first coach to take four schools to the NCAA Tournament, died Saturday. He was 84. Sutton’s…

No one is immune to elder abuse — it can happen to anyone, at any time, and anywhere.  Often a silent problem, elder abuse can rob older adults of their dignity and security and leave…

30 Years Ago Nancy Maier, director of the Home Health Agency and director of Older Adult Services at Allen County Hospital, has been named Outstanding Nurse of Allen County for 1990. ***** Dick Works, a…

Now that he’s retired from teaching school for 40 years, Humboldt’s Mike Bruner has decided to run for office.  On Wednesday, Bruner filed to run for the state senate. With the filing deadline on June…

Wispy clouds slowly turned to shades of pink and muted red as the sun emerged over the eastern horizon. Coming alive atop the peaked tin roof of an old barn, three turkey buzzards stretched awake.…

When Jerrica Mueller learned her hair and tanning salon would be shuttered due to the coronavirus pandemic, she plunged into cleaning projects. The house. The garage. An outbuilding.  “It’s what I thought I needed to…

The Topeka Capital-Journal published a stunning story this week on foster care in Kansas. It begs the question: Why hasn’t the legislature prioritized foster care oversight and reform in the last decade? From 2016 to…

LONDON (AP) — The coronavirus pandemic is interrupting immunization against diseases including measles, polio and cholera that could put the lives of nearly 80 million children under the age of 1 at risk, according to…