Though they’re still moving in inventory, store manager Dale Lalman says the new PrairieLand facility is open for business. The 25-acre site at the northwest corner of U.S. 169 and Oregon Road is home to…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Thursday confirmed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as President Donald Trump’s health secretary, putting the prominent vaccine skeptic in control of $1.7 trillion in federal spending, vaccine recommendations and food safety as well as health insurance programs for…

It’s a chicken-and-egg problem: Restaurants are struggling with record-high U.S. egg prices, but their omelets, scrambles and huevos rancheros may be part of the problem. Breakfast is booming at U.S. eateries. First Watch, a restaurant chain that…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Sen. Katie Britt has been working to make sure the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency doesn’t hit what she called “life-saving, groundbreaking research at high-achieving institutions,” including her state’s beloved…

(Note: the article has been edited to reflect a correction on the time of an upcoming groundbreaking ceremony. The event will be at 4 p.m. March 5 at the ACC campus in Iola. The prior…

HUMBOLDT — Humboldt city council members gave provisional approval to a request to expand the Middle of Everywhere festival Monday evening. Damaris Kunkler of A Bolder Humboldt presented the council with her request: to host…

While there have been some obstacles along the way, USD 257’s esports program is up and running. Ben Prasko, the district’s technology director, and esports club sponsor Chris Belknap discussed the program at Tuesday evening’s…

TOPEKA — Academic leaders of the University of Kansas and Kansas State University said Tuesday legislation retroactively abolishing property rights inherent in tenure would run off distinguished educators, undercut faculty recruiting, destroy research programs, trigger…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Wednesday confirmed Tulsi Gabbard as President Donald Trump’s director of national intelligence after Republicans who had initially questioned her experience and judgment fell in line behind her nomination. Gabbard…

Colony man faces sentencing COLONY — Joshua Lohff, 34, of Colony faced sentencing Wednesday on a single charge of illegally entering Crest High School in the wee hours of the morning last October, according to…