Almost 1,000 cities, towns and villages in the U.S. lost their status as urban areas on Thursday as the U.S. Census Bureau released a new list of places considered urban based on revised criteria. Around…

TOPEKA — Citing security concerns, Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly banned TikTok from all state-owned devices in the executive branch and prohibited access to the social media platform on the state network.  Kelly signed an executive…

As chaos at Southwest Airlines brought misery to thousands of frustrated travelers and growing scrutiny from U.S. regulators and lawmakers, many in the aviation industry said the massive cancellation of flights by the nation’s largest…

Amanda Louise King, 47, Humboldt, died Thursday, Dec. 15, 2022, at the Kansas City Hospice House, Kansas City, Mo.  Amanda was born Dec. 9, 1975, in Wichita, to David Spearman and Karen (Bonham) Spearman.  She…

TOPEKA — Democratic Tom Hawk of Manhattan said Thursday he would retire Jan. 10 midway through his four-year term in the Kansas Senate. Hawk, 76, is a retired school superintendent and teacher who had a…

BEIJING (AP) — Moves by several countries to mandate COVID-19 tests for passengers arriving from China reflect global concern that new variants could emerge in its ongoing explosive outbreak — and that the government may…

Fred Gardner has been getting better acquainted with the communities he will soon represent. It’s a big change for the retired Garnett veterinarian, and he wants to be prepared. It’s also a big change for…

MOSCOW (AP) — With its brutality, technological accomplishments and rigid ideology, the Soviet Union loomed over the world like an immortal colossus. It led humankind into outer space, exploded the most powerful nuclear weapon ever,…

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Arkansas coach Sam Pittman admitted he was exhausted after more than four hours of football. Who could blame him after the Razorbacks and Kansas combined for 108 points? KJ Jefferson passed…

Statistically, it should come as no surprise that the United States is in a tight labor market. Baby boomers are retiring. And fast. The COVID-19 pandemic started the wave. Rather than return to the office…