A suspect in an Ashland, Mo., homicide was taken into custody after law enforcement raided a house in Iola Wednesday evening. Iola Police Chief Jared Warner, in a joint press release with the Ashland Police…

Less than half of Allen County’s residents have received the COVID-19 vaccine, according to state statistics.  About 45.86% of the county’s residents have received at least one dose of the vaccine, and 40.94% are fully…

The Lady Lightning, a traveling softball team, will not take much time to rest on its laurels. Fresh off its recently completed season, which ended in July, the Lady Lightning squad is starting its fourth…

CHICAGO (AP) — Salvador Pérez hit a two-run homer and the Kansas City Royals went deep four times to beat the Chicago White Sox 9-1 on Wednesday night. Kansas City ended a four-game losing streak,…

TOKYO (AP) — Katie Nageotte won an unexpected gold for the United States in the pole vault at the Tokyo Olympics ahead of world champion Anzhelika Sidorova of Russia today. Nageotte failed on her first…

Need a bike of your own to ride? Look no further than Thrive Allen County and their new “Earn a Bike” program. That’s just what Kaevon Lewis-Hooks and Izaiah Westmoreland did, and on Wednesday they…

Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers said his relationship with general manager Brian Gutekunst is a “work in progress,” but he has nothing but affection for the man Gutekunst drafted as his possible replacement: backup…

Mexico filed a lawsuit in a U.S. court Wednesday against Smith & Wesson Brands Inc., Glock Inc., Sturm, Ruger & Co. and other major gun manufacturers, accusing them of contributing to gang violence south of…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell last week by 14,000 to 385,000, more evidence that the economy and the job market are rebounding briskly from the coronavirus recession. The…

I wrote recently about an Afghan human rights activist who ran shelters for abused women but was forced by Taliban advances to flee her home. She is now in hiding in Kabul. She won kudos…