A major storm spread heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain across parts of the Florida Panhandle, Georgia and the coastal Carolinas on Wednesday after breaking snow records in Texas and Louisiana, treating the region to…

TOPEKA —  Three agriculture organizations, a lobbyist for real estate interests and a conservative think tank endorsed legislation Tuesday repealing a statewide property tax delivering $84 million to public building projects in Kansas. Under a…

COLONY — Even as construction continues on a $5.95 million school bond project, Crest students are enjoying a new cafeteria and other improvements. The first phase — a new kitchen and cafeteria, remodeled locker rooms…

Former President Biden and former First Lady Jill Biden are spending their first days after leaving the White House in Santa Barbara County, according to media reports. The Bidens traveled to a private home in…

A host of southeast Kansas businesses are going green with the help of grant funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Grow at Eden, Sonic Drive-In, and Iola Pharmacy, Inc. are three local businesses receiving…

(AP) — The Trump administration has put a freeze on many federal health agency communications with the public through at least the end of the month. In a memo obtained by The Associated Press, acting…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Refugees who had been approved to travel to the United States before a deadline next week suspending America’s refugee resettlement program have had their travel plans canceled by the Trump administration. Thousands…

TOKYO (AP) — A solitary sunfish at an aquarium in southwestern Japan lost its appetite, began banging into the side of the fishtank and appeared unwell days after the facility closed last month for renovations.…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon will begin deploying as many as 1,500 active duty troops to help secure the southern border in the coming days, U.S. officials said Wednesday, putting in motion plans President Donald…

Kansas communities in the last two years have requested more than $600 million for water needs, stunning state officials as they work to allocate funds to a fraction of the projects. Dawn Buehler, chair of…