TOPEKA — The Kansas delegation to the U.S. House came together to support passage of legislation saving the state an estimated $41 million by recalibrating interest on water storage contracts at Milford and Perry lakes.…

After spending 15 years in prison, Cedric Warren walked out of the Wyandotte County jail in Kansas on Wednesday a free man and into the arms of his family. At the state prison in El…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is commuting the sentences of roughly 1,500 people who were released from prison and placed on home confinement during the coronavirus pandemic and is pardoning 39 Americans convicted of…

Droves of kids and those young-at-heart wait patiently outside Santa’s house Wednesday afternoon on the downtown square. It was the last chance for Iolans to visit with the jovial man in red before he makes…

The search for a new director for the Bowlus Fine Arts Center will continue into January. A committee tasked with hiring a director plans to reach out to other applicants after the person they selected…

Lisa Wicoff was given the green light to pursue three new courses at Allen Community College’s board of trustees meeting Tuesday evening.  Wicoff is dean of the college’s Career Technology Center and Industry Partnerships.  To…

TOPEKA — Two students are enrolled this year at the Healy Public Schools district in western Kansas, a decrease from 20 students the previous year. Steadily declining enrollment led area voters in November to favor…

It’s an ambitious legacy for a community of fewer than 600 citizens. But Lecompton, 13 miles northwest of Lawrence, has leaned into the challenge. After all, for six contentious years it was the capital of…

The Iola school bands welcomed the community to their winter concerts Tuesday evening at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center. Playing a medley of songs were the jazz band, beginning and intermediate bands, middle school advanced…

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