The Elite Eight marks the halfway point of the NCAA Tournament, but don’t blink. It has the shelf life of chicken nuggets. By the time your head hits the pillow tomorrow night, we’ll be down…

LAHARPE — Rena Mott-Traw was all of 20 years old when she became a widowed mother of two. Fifty-four years later, Mott-Traw was among those honored during a somber ceremony at LaHarpe’s Willis J. Ross…

SUEZ, Egypt (AP) — Salvage teams today set free a colossal container ship that has halted global trade through the Suez Canal, a canal services firm said, bringing an end to a crisis that for…

LONDON (AP) — It’s being dubbed Happy Monday, with open-air swimmers donning their wetsuits for the first time in months and rusty golfers doing their best to get their drives down the middle of the…

Forget Disney World. This summer, I’m going to Electric Park. Last time I was there, on the shores of Rock Creek where it’s crossed by highway 54, I stood in awe of the lights and…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — One of the Kansas Legislature’s most powerful lawmakers was charged Friday with driving under the influence and a felony offense for trying to elude law enforcement while speeding the wrong way…

All too easily, big wheels think the rules apply to everyone but themselves. You know the type. Their position grants them “special privileges.” Such is the case with Gene Suellentrop, majority leader of the Kansas…

So it begins. Georgia’s Republican governor, Brian Kemp, last week signed into law a raft of new restrictions clearly designed to make voting more difficult for minorities, urban-dwellers and others likely to vote for Democrats.…

A Democratic congressional candidate from Iowa who lost a close election last year is hoping that the House will overturn the state-certified result. Tempted as they may be by the prospect of padding their slim…

City commissioners instructed Paul Bush, city engineer, to prepare plans for the grading and beautifying the triangular plots of land bordering the new “S” curve on Highway 54. Ross Arbuckle, mayor, said the little parks…