REDONDO BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Elsa Morin gripped the football and launched a perfect spiral. Then the 17-year-old dodged in and out of cones and yanked the flag hanging from another girl’s belt for a…

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., (AP) — Hurricane Ian’s most damaging winds began hitting Florida’s southwest coast Wednesday, lashing the state with heavy rain and pushing a devastating storm surge after strengthening to just shy of the…

HUMBOLDT — The 64th Annual Biblesta celebration returns this weekend, featuring gospel singing and a parade known for its depictions of scenes from biblical stories such as Jonah and the Whale. The day’s events kick…

County roads damaged by detour traffic around a highway construction project at Moran will get a financial boost from the state. The Kansas Department of Transportation agreed to pay for road repairs to several rural…

Crews tear up a section of the old parking lot in front of the Medical Arts Building at 826 E. Madison Ave. in preparation for a new lot, as seen at right. The overhang on…

Betty Lucille Zink, 95, Iola, died Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022, at Heartland Meadows, Iola. Betty was born Jan. 24, 1927, in Iola, to John W. Parker and Flora M. (Schuster) Parker.  She and D. Duane…

A libertarian group in California filed a legal challenge to President Joe Biden’s plan for student debt cancellation on Tuesday, calling it an illegal overreach that would increase state tax burdens for some Americans who…

HAVANA (AP) — Hurricane Ian tore into western Cuba on Tuesday as a major hurricane, with nothing to stop it from intensifying into a catastrophic Category 4 storm before it crashes ashore Wednesday in Florida,…

DALLAS (AP) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton ran out of his house and jumped into a truck driven by his wife, a state senator, to avoid being served a subpoena to testify Tuesday in…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic lawmakers have unveiled a stopgap spending measure to finance the federal government through Dec. 16, provide additional support to Ukraine and help communities respond to recent natural disasters. Both chambers of…