President Joe Biden’s speech in Warsaw on Saturday movingly framed Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine as a battle “between liberty and repression, between a rules-based order and one governed by brute force.” Then Biden ad-libbed,…

County commissioners and others helped the Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) and Hope Unlimited create a pinwheel garden at the Allen County Courthouse to recognize April as Child Abuse Prevention and Awareness Month. Commissioners and…

COLONY — Crest High’s softball team opened the 2022 season with a bang Monday, steamrolling past visiting Chetopa, 17-2 and 20-10. “In game one we had control the entire time,” head coach Casey Cook said.…

TOPEKA — The Kansas Senate leadership proposed Monday a redistricting map for the 10-member Kansas Board of Education that critics indicated unnecessarily placed four incumbents in head-to-head showdowns. The proposed map ran into opposition when…

YATES CENTER — Yates Center High’s softball team picked up where it left off from last season. The Wildcats blitzed visiting St. Paul, sweeping both games of their doubleheader, 15-0 and 24-1, to move to…

CANEY — Windy, but otherwise pleasant conditions greeted Humboldt High’s golfers as they teed off on the 2022 season Monday. The Cubs took home fifth place at the Caney Valley Invitational. “Some of the boys…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Key conservative initiatives are likely to fail in Kansas this year because a few Republicans are breaking with the rest of the Legislature’s veto-proof GOP supermajorities. Republicans have pushed measures through…

OTTAWA — History repeated itself on the baseball diamond Monday. Fresh off a tough weekend series, Allen Community College’s Red Devils rebounded in dominating fashion, completing a sweep of Ottawa University’s JV squad, winning 12-1…

CHANUTE — A Chanute board of education member announced his intention to resign after a recent announcement that the district will not replace its retiring band co-director, The Chanute Tribune reported.  Alex Rodriguez, 19, became…

TOPEKA — Busy with the violin, working two jobs, club and community events, and pursuing a major in political science and sociology, Donnavan Dillon said access to ballot drop boxes and by-mail voting played a…