Lindt & Sprungli, the multinational chocolatier that owns Iola’s Russell Stover Candies factory, was recently awarded $33 million in a federal court trial, according to The Kansas City Star. The Switzerland-based company purchased Kansas City’s…

NEW YORK (AP) — Robert MacNeil, who created the even-handed, no-frills PBS newscast “The MacNeil-Lehrer NewsHour” in the 1970s and co-anchored the show for with his late partner, Jim Lehrer, for two decades, died on…

For the first time since she was a child, Becky Carlson no longer has a team to coach. Carlson, whose hall of fame coaching career netted her three state championships and 529 victories in basketball…

TOPEKA — Democratic Rep. Gail Finney ruffled state and local police officials and prosecutors seven years ago by publicly denouncing as unjust the state law allowing seizure of property based on mere suspicion of illegal…

Almost a quarter of people who were dropped from Medicaid during the post-pandemic eligibility reviews are still uninsured and high costs are preventing them from getting on another plan, a new survey from KFF showed…

LAHARPE — A welding competition gave students at the Regional Rural Technical Center in LaHarpe not only a chance to test their skills but also an opportunity to shine. The six-member team took first place…

Health director Rebecca Johnson admits she probably wouldn’t have taken the job if she’d known what was coming. Johnson had been working for the Southeast Kansas Multi-County Health Departments for about a year when the…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Thousands more firearms dealers across the United States will have to run background checks on buyers when selling at gun shows or other places outside brick-and-mortar stores, according to a Biden administration…

TOPEKA — A federal appellate court rejected state Sen. Richard Kloos’ attempt to quash an Internal Revenue Service summons for bank records of a Topeka coffee shop and thrift store at the center of an…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s parliament passed a controversial law Thursday that will govern how the country calls up new soldiers at a time when it needs to replenish depleted forces who are increasingly struggling…