The avian flu pandemic ravaging poultry farms across the country, raising the price of eggs and wings is an act of nature, but the human response to it reveals the value of a non-political group…

It all starts with caring. For Kenleigh Westhoff, it’s helping the needy celebrate birthdays. For Koda Cole, it’s ensuring young parents have car seats for their children. And for Lynsie Fehr and Libby Maier, it’s…

Chad Shifflett has been fascinated by the world of fungi for years. “The fact that mushrooms have been here longer than almost anything in this world and we’re more closely related to them than anything…

CAIRO (AP) — Israel says it has begun preparations for the departure of Palestinians from Gaza despite international rejection of President Donald Trump’s plan to empty the territory of its population. Egypt has launched a…

HUMBOLDT — Cole Mathes will take his gridiron talents to Tabor College next year. The Humboldt High senior — part of the winningest class in HHS history — signed a letter of intent Wednesday to…

FORT SCOTT — Allen Community College’s women didn’t exactly set the world on fire with their offensive output. It didn’t need to, not with Allen’s defense as stifling as ever. The Red Devils held host…

FORT SCOTT — Allen Community College put six players in double figures as the Red Devils pulled ahead early and defeated Fort Scott, 92-81, Wednesday. The victory levels Allen’s Jayhawks Conference record at 4-4 (9-12…

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce and the Kansas City Chiefs are pursuing history and a few of Taylor Swift’s records. Saquon Barkley, Jalen Hurts and the Philadelphia Eagles stand in their way.…

TOPEKA — Attorneys for the City of Topeka and five police officers named in a wrongful-death lawsuit urged a federal magistrate to sanction a lawyer representing the dead man’s family for disclosing body-camera footage of…

TOPEKA — Purchasing soda and candy with food stamps would no longer be permitted under a proposed Kansas bill, but whether the federal government would accept the move is unclear.  Previous efforts to request waivers…