Frank “Frankie” James Goudy Jr., age 60, died on Monday, Dec. 18, 2023, at Saint Luke’s Hospital in Kansas City, Mo. He was born on April 3, 1963, in Atchison, to Frank J. Goudy Sr.…

Christina Lee Culbertson, age 75, of Topeka, died Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023, at Stormont Vail Health in Topeka. She was born on March 3, 1948. She married Bill Culbertson on July 2, 1966. She was…

TOPEKA — Gov. Laura Kelly said the next scheduled reduction in the state’s sales tax on groceries Jan. 1 would cut the rate in half to 2% and enable shoppers in Kansas to avoid $150…

Ignore Scrooge. Reject the Grinch. Believe. There really are Christmas miracles. My own personal miracle began 44 years ago Dec. 20. Drunk as a prairie skunk, I walked through the doors of St. John’s Hospital…

TOPEKA — The Kansas Board of Regents allocated $16.5 million appropriated from the state treasury to turn to rubble 500,000 square feet of obsolete buildings on university campuses. After the dust clears from removal of…

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is up to it again, signing an unlawful new state law to make crossing into the country illegally a state misdemeanor. We don’t expect it to last much beyond when the…

Pastor Chase Riebel’s message “God’s Gifts” used Matthew 2:1-12 and 2 Timothy 1:6-7 to tell the story of King Herod who was so afraid of  losing his earthly kingdom he pretended he wanted to worship…

Candice “Candy” Annice Fletcher, age 67, died on Saturday, Dec. 23, 2023, at Allen County Regional Hospital in Iola. She was born on Feb. 10, 1956, in Kansas City, Kan., to John D. Mahan and…

Linda Gail (Chandler) Call of Yates Center, passed away Sunday evening, Dec. 24, 2023, at Sunflower Care Homes in Emporia. She was the youthful age of 80. Linda was born March 30, 1943, near Kincaid,…

WASHINGTON (AP) — New obesity drugs are showing promising results in helping some people shed pounds but the injections will remain out of reach for millions of older Americans because Medicare is forbidden to cover…