The winter day started like every other for my 7-year-old brother. Shaken awake by our dad, he dutifully ate the bowl of cereal left for him and yawned as our mom ushered him out the…

Moving to Kansas after spending most of my career in North Dakota was a shock.  Not because of the ruralness of the state. North Dakota has that, too.  Not because of east/west tensions. North Dakota…

Mayor Mack Colt reported the Iola sewage disposal system is considered one of the worst on the Neosho River. If the plant isn’t replaced, he warned, the state could forbid any additional connections to it…

Hi, Carolyn: Since the pandemic started, we’ve had a family Zoom call every week. It’s three siblings and two cousins and spouses, about half men and half women. The men comment how they would never…

The monthly meeting of the Prairie Dell 4-H Club took place remotely by Zoom on March 1. Riley Jay led the flag salute and 4-H Pledge. Parliamentarian Luke Wicoff reported on the Four Basic Principals…

The monthly meeting of the City Slickers 4-H Club was called to order by President Carly Dreher on March 14 at the Riverside Park Community Building, which was the first time having an in-person meeting…

TOPEKA — A Kansas House committee tested the medical community’s pulse Tuesday on legislation earmarking $10 million in state funding for a new grant program to help financially struggling rural hospitals. The Kansas Hospital Association…

TOPEKA — Senate Majority Leader Gene Suellentrop didn’t report for duty Tuesday after the Wichita Republican was released from the Shawnee County Jail where he was taken for allegedly being under the influence of alcohol…

Some remember when a single income could provide for an entire family. Whether it was a job at Lehigh Cement or teaching school, Gates Corporation or IMP Boats, single incomes were sufficient to support a…

Three members of the U.S. House delegation from Kansas — Ron Estes, Tracey Mann, and Jake LaTurner — recently sent a letter to Gov. Laura Kelly. In it, the Republicans offered such helpful advice. Kansas,…