If passed into law, can Education Saving Accounts and tax credit vouchers withstand a constitutional challenge? That’s a question rolling around the Kansas Capitol.  The concern, at this point, is speculation since these two school…

The cost of electrical improvements at Allen County Regional Airport will be significantly less than expected due to bids coming in below expectations.  Mitch Garner, Public Works director, told commissioners that bids were opened earlier…

Kyron Kegler is getting set to compete in the National Elks Hoop Shoot in Chicago next month.  Kegler recently competed at the Regional Elks Hoop Shoot Contest in Colorado Springs where he won the 12-13…

The green revolution was one of the greatest feats of human ingenuity. By promoting higher-yielding varieties of wheat and, especially, rice, plant-breeders in India, Mexico and the Philippines helped China emerge from a famine and…

Ladies and gentlemen, we’re now boarding for a destination filled with three straight days of laughs, poignancy and a few brilliant moments of absurdity. The Iola Community Theatre takes its next production skyward, with “Airport…

NEW YORK (AP) — Minor league players reached a historic initial collective bargaining agreement with Major League Baseball on Wednesday that will more than double player salaries, a person familiar with the negotiations told The…

The Allen Community College softball team easily took care of Pratt at home on Monday.  The Lady Red Devils (8-11) defeated the Beavers in five innings, taking a 12-3 run-rule victory. Pratt’s second inning offensive…

Major league pitchers and batters aren’t the only ones going on the clock this season — big league broadcasters have also been using spring training to adjust to baseball’s new rhythm amid a series of…

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina residents can now buy a handgun without getting a permit from a local sheriff, after the Republican-controlled state legislature on Wednesday overrode the Democratic governor’s veto — a first…

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis went to a Rome hospital on Wednesday for some previously scheduled tests, slipping out of the Vatican after his general audience and before the busy start of Holy Week…