LAHARPE — The annual LaHarpe Day celebration has been canceled for 2020. Organizing committee members agreed to call off the festivities because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.  While the governor has eased restrictions regarding crowd…

Are you turning 65 in the coming months? Or want to understand Medicare benefits?   Free, educational programs to learn about Medicare options are being offered in May.   Senior Health Insurance Counselors for Kansas…

BALTIMORE (AP) — U.S. businesses cut an unprecedented 20.2 million jobs in April, an epic collapse as the coronavirus outbreak closed of offices, factories, schools, construction sites and stores that propel the U.S. economy. Today’s…

Keeping with “Social Distancing” the Prairie Dell 4-H Club met via Zoom on May 4.  It was Parent’s Night.  The parents held the offices of their 4-H member. At this time there will be no…

WICHITA — Thousands of Reno County voters usually cast their ballots at the Kansas State Fairgrounds in Hutchinson, a central location with a high capacity. Deputy Election Officer Jenna Fager said it’ll look different for…

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia 76ers All-Star guard Ben Simmons is closer to getting cleared to play, should the NBA season resume. The league leader in steals was sidelined with nerve issues in his lower back…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration failed to prepare for the onslaught of the coronavirus,  then sought a quick fix by trying to rush an unproven drug to patients, a senior government scientist alleged in…

MISSION, Kan. (AP) — The number of inmates infected with the coronavirus at Kansas’ largest prison has grown to more than 550 amid widespread testing at the facility, with most showing no symptoms. The Kansas…

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the United States had nothing to do with an alleged incursion into Venezuela that landed two U.S. citizens behind bars in the crisis-stricken South American…

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson made national news for all the wrong reasons when the state became the first in the nation to allow concerts and live events to resume this week. Inexplicably, the governor’s “Show…