This is the second in a three-part recap of the coronavirus pandemic and 2020.  April April began on an optimistic note, despite the mounting cases of COVID-19. After all, help was on the way. Congress…

Is it possible to come home and rediscover it? When I returned to Kansas last year after almost two decades of absence, never would I have thought that learning about the place I was from…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Two northeastern Kansas counties are backing off mask mandates they imposed last month as coronavirus cases surged, and officials set up a clinic in an arena in the state’s city to…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s push for bigger $2,000 COVID-19  relief checks stalled out in the Senate as Republicans blocked a swift vote proposed by Democrats and split within their own ranks over whether…

2020 reminded us that the show mustn’t always go on. Disrupted by the coronavirus, sports stopped cold three months in and then started up again in emptied-out stadiums, stumbling, skidding and finally staggering across the…

There were so many this year. Sports in 2020 was an unending state of mourning. It was as if every week, sometimes days, another luminary fell, bringing a cascade of condolence and remembrance. It began…

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Selton Miguel made a game-winning 3-pointer with 9.6 seconds left as Kansas State held off Omaha for a 60-58 victory on Tuesday night. Sam’i Roe missed a 3-pointer for Omaha (2-8)…

Kansas Reps. Roger Marshall and Ron Estes showed their true colors in two decisive votes Monday.  First, they voted against boosting pandemic relief checks from $600 to $2,000. The bonuses would benefit an estimated 160…

CHICAGO (AP) — San Diego Padres general manager A.J. Preller reunited with an old friend in another blockbuster move Tuesday night. The aggressive Padres got Yu Darvish in a trade with the Chicago Cubs, adding…

Many people in Britain and across Europe will breathe a sigh of relief today if, as expected, the British Parliament ratifies a new trade agreement with the European Union. The 11th-hour deal will prevent the…