TOPEKA — Kansas joined 16 states Wednesday in calling for the U.S. Supreme Court to hear a lawsuit brought by Texas that calls for a review of voting procedures in the 2020 general election in…

LAHARPE — Motorists traveling through LaHarpe will have a few more stops along their route. LaHarpe City Council members took their latest steps to control the speed of traffic along certain roads, particularly Harrison and…

The word “twisty” keeps coming up in regard to “After All I’ve Done” by Mina Hardy. That means it’s probably as apt a one-word description as any. After a reaction to anesthesia following a car…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly on Wednesday imposed stronger coronavirus testing rules for several hundred state-licensed nursing homes that will have most of them testing their employees twice a week. The executive…

In 40 years of chronicling life in the Alaskan interior, Dermot Cole has seen no end of hustles and grand plans play out in America’s last frontier. He wrote a column for decades for the…

William E. (Bill) Campbell, age 87, of Iola, died Sunday, Dec. 6, 2020, at his home. Bill was born Nov. 11, 1933, in Bethel, to Everett Campbell and Dora (Bailes) Campbell. Bill and Gayle Scovill…

Frederick T. “Fred” Kuestersteffen, 84, died of Covid-19 Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020 at Newton Medical Center. He was born Nov. 28, 1936 in Piqua, Kansas to Gerhard and Margaret (Kreimer) Kuestersteffen. He was married to…

The architect of one of the most surprising upsets  in the young NCAA college basketball season is a familiar name to local sports fans. Todd Johnston, a 2009 Crest High graduate, is an assistant coach…

Minor league baseball hasn’t been able to take the field in more than a year because of the coronavirus pandemic. When it finally returns, it will look a whole lot leaner. That’s not an encouraging…

Some things to watch in the Big 12 on Saturday, when three conference games are scheduled to make up earlier postponements because of virus issues. No. 10 Iowa State has completed its regular season and…