Almost a year later, we could still smell the stench of charred wood. Our hands came away black from even the slightest contact. What was once a familiar landscape, felt foreign. Instead of walking among…

“There is a madness afoot here, and only government can make a difference,” said James Sanders, a New York state senator whose Queens district had one of the highest rates of death from COVID-19 during…

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Since President Joe Biden asked the Pentagon last week to look at adding the COVID-19 vaccine to the military’s mandatory shots, former Army lawyer Greg T. Rinckey has fielded a deluge…

TOPEKA — A new eviction moratorium issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention should cover most Kansas renters, but stakeholders and advocates agree it is only a temporary solution demanding further action. The…

On Monday, August 2, 2021, Claire Elizabeth (Huggins) Mays went Home to be with the Lord. She was born on Nov. 14, 1921, near Selma. Claire was the sixth of six children born to Bert…

Janice Kay George, 77, passed away Monday, August 2, 2021, at her home in Hartford. She was born Feb. 21, 1944, in Beloit, the daughter of Glenn and Arline Yost Steinshouer. Janice attended Downs High…

You know the drill. Runny nose, coughing, sneezing. Most of the time, when we pick up respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, we write it off as a cold. The flu, if it really makes us…

TOPEKA — A statewide survey of ideas for making rural Kansas a more compelling place for young adults to put down roots revealed the need for government investment in expansion of child care options and…

TOPEKA — A Phillips County jury awarded two landowners a total of $134,000 in actual damages after a prominent Kansas hog producer illegally installed pipe on their property to transfer a mixture of urine and…

TOKYO (AP) — Sometimes, her workouts on an exercise machine were cut short when Zoe started crying.  Baby steps, U.S. marathoner Aliphine Tuliamuk reminded herself. Sometimes, she stayed up late when Zoe was fussy, even…