TOPEKA — The Kansas House gathered the two-thirds majority Wednesday to initiate an override of Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto of legislation stripping federally funded food assistance from people 50 to 59 years of age not…

Area spring sports teams will be eyeing their regional assignments soon and looking to keep their momentum from the regular season rolling.  Baseball Iola High’s baseball team has started to fire on all cylinders and…

PITTSBURG — The Allen County Special Olympics team matched up at the adult track competition at Pittsburg State’s Plaster Center on Tuesday.  Ty Johnson took fourth place in the 100-meter run, fourth place in the…

PHOENIX (AP) — Manager Torey Lovullo admitted the Arizona Diamondbacks might have had a little hangover on Wednesday following a frustrating one-run loss. Sending Zac Gallen to the mound cleared those bad feelings up in…

Jimmy Butler waved good-bye to Milwaukee. New York finally got back to the second round. Desmond Bane and Ja Morant kept Memphis’ season alive. And the champion Golden State Warriors looked like the champion Golden…

TOPEKA — The GOP-dominated House overrode Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto of three anti-abortion laws Wednesday over objections about state-mandated misinformation, alienating OB-GYN workers and ignoring the will of voters. Republican leaders have pursued anti-abortion…

TOPEKA — Senators failed to override Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto of a flat tax proposal that primarily benefits the state’s wealthiest residents.  The final tally during the Wednesday override attempt was 26-14, one vote short…

Sherry J. Maloney, 75, of Victoria, passed away on April 13, 2023 in San Antonio, Texas. Sherry was born in Denver, Colorado to John Hutton and Beulah Maysel Orbison on Dec. 23, 1947. She was…

TOPEKA — Kansas teachers of the year rallied at the Statehouse to push for a clean K-12 education funding bill, joined by Gov. Laura Kelly in an attempt to sway lawmakers before the veto override…

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana Republican leaders will vote Wednesday on censuring or expelling lawmaker Zooey Zephyr, a transgender state representative who’s been silenced on the state House floor since last week after telling colleagues…