TOPEKA — The state of Kansas signed 11 contracts with University of Kansas Health System, Wichita State University and a collection of businesses to implement robust statewide expansion of COVID-19 testing to more rapidly identify…

My daughter-in-law, Casiee Wolfe, served as a poll worker in Branson, Mo., on Election Day.  Leading up to the day, Casiee said she became increasingly anxious, worried about people politicking nearby, possibly intimidating would-be voters.…

TOPEKA — The Kansas Department of Commerce is launching a low-cost subsidiary of the Main Street program to share with more rural communities technical assistance useful in sustaining downtown economic activities, officials said Thursday. Gov.…

Children of Terry and Beth Gillham, Moran, are hosting an open house celebration from 3 to 5 p.m. Dec. 12 at Humboldt’s First Baptist Church, 118 N. Seventh St., in honor of the couple’s 50th…

Covid is surging across Kansas. Over 1,200 Kansans have died. Hospitals are strained. Some Americans are experiencing second infections, threatening the herd immunity dream. Many of us are just surviving. Knowing Covid is serious. Often…

Today, what we really want is to be looking hopefully ahead in this most troubling time in America’s modern history. But to do that, we must first hit rewind. We need to scroll back and…

Darren McGhee gave the Communion Meditation discussing the meaning of Thanksgiving. In Luke 22, at the Last Supper, Jesus gave thanks. Verse 19 says “Do this in remembrance of me”. Recalling who God is and…

Effective November 12, 2020, the Carlyle Church will not hold Sunday Services until further notice due to Covid-19.  The church fellowship dinner scheduled for November 15 and the Tuesday afternoon Bible Study have been put…

The City Slickers monthly 4-H meeting was called to order by Carly Dreher on November 8 at the Riverside Park shelter house. Roll call was answered with your “Favorite Thanksgiving Food” by 14 members, two…

Vehicles collide Gunnar R. Johnson, 15, was pulling out of the A&W parking lot in Iola the evening of Nov. 3, when her pickup was struck by an eastbound car driven by Cassidy J. Bauer,…