SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (AP) — Firefighters battling a stubborn California wildfire Friday near the Lake Tahoe resort region faced gusty winds and dry conditions that made vegetation ready to burn. The Caldor Fire has…

Trying to make sense of life? Look no further than Sally Kittrell. That’s because the 36-year-old Independence native is the newest biology instructor at Allen Community College, bringing along a background in everything from physiology…

Before they can remodel a medical arts building, a board in charge of hospital facilities will need to know how much mold and asbestos they might encounter during the process. The Allen County Regional Hospital…

Summer may be coming to an end but our risk for heat related illness is still very real. I learned that first hand a few weeks ago. The weather had been hot, but it was…

Delta Air Lines said Wednesday it will impose a $200 monthly surcharge in its health plan to employees who haven’t been vaccinated against COVID-19. Following the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s full approval of the…

Information about how many USD 257 students are quarantined because of COVID-19 may be available in the near future. Some school districts, including Chanute and Yates Center, post such information on their websites. USD 257…

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Tropical Storm Ida swirled toward a strike on Cuba on Friday as a rapidly intensifying storm that could speed across warm Gulf waters and slam into Louisiana as a Category 3…

TOPEKA — Juvenile justice reformers pleaded for reversal of a decision by Kansas lawmakers to divert $21 million earmarked for community intervention programs and recommended allocation of more funding to innovative grassroots organizations involved in…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is vowing to avenge the deaths of 13 American troops and dozens of Afghans in attacks at the Kabul airport that thrust the White House deeper into crisis over…

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — School districts in Florida may impose mask mandates, a judge said Friday, ruling that Gov. Ron DeSantis overstepped his authority by issuing an executive order banning the mandates.  Leon County…