Funding of the federal government is set to expire at midnight on Sunday, Oct. 1. The shutdown would be the U.S. government’s first since early 2019, when a 34-day shutdown ended with then-President Trump backing…

If this were a movie script, you’d have a hard time believing it. U.S. Senator Bob Menendez was charged on Friday with secretly helping the Egyptian government and trying to stop the criminal prosecution of…

Voting by mail is easy, secure and cost effective. It saves time for voters and increases turnout and favors neither Democrats nor Republicans. Millions of Americans cast their ballots via the Post Office during COVID…

HUMBOLDT — On a night when points were at a premium, Humboldt High’s defense rose to the challenge repeatedly Friday. The Cubs, hosting Council Grove to open the district portion of its Class 2A season,…

MORAN — The Marmaton Valley High football team shut out their third opponent of the season when they blanked Marais des Cygnes Valley at home Friday, 60-0. The Wildcats (3-1) had two turnovers in a…

BURLINGTON — The Humboldt Lady Cubs dominated their competition as they swept a tournament at Burlington Saturday, including a victory over Iola.  The Lady Cubs (17-5) went 5-0, and four of Humboldt’s matches were straight-set…

COLONY — The Crest High football team used their ground game to take down Hartford at home Friday, 66-20.  In Ryan Golden’s first game back from injury this season, the Lancer had two interceptions for…

OSWEGO — The Marmaton Valley High volleyball team went winless at Oswego last week.  The Wildcats dropped matches to Caney Valley, Oswego, Sedan, Southeast and Jayhawk-Linn.  Marmaton Valley fell to Caney Valley in two sets,…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Travis Kelce was chatting with Patrick Mahomes in practice this week when he mentioned, almost as an afterthought, that he thought Taylor Swift would take him up on his invitation…

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Lance Leipold did plenty of background work on Kansas before accepting its head-coaching job a couple of years ago. But in the pantheon of the obscure, he never looked up the…