A tradition began with the opening of the new Iola Elementary School in 2022. Students ring the bell at the start of their kindergarten year and again at the end of their fifth grade year…

JERUSALEM (AP) — Mediators trying to end the Israel-Hamas war expressed hope for an imminent deal Friday, saying two days of talks had wrapped up in Qatar and that they plan to reconvene in Cairo…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is hiking pay for educators in the early childhood program Head Start as part of an effort to retain current employees and attract new ones in the midst of…

Kansas and Missouri are two of 27 states where levels of COVID-19 are currently “very high” in wastewater, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Wastewater testing is used as a tool to…

COLONY — If you’ve ever felt you have no talents worth sharing, Colony’s United Methodist Church will prove you otherwise. “Cathy cuts, I stuff, Jane sews, and Pat totes,” Debbie Wools said of the crew’s…

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Ohio Sen. JD Vance have agreed to debate each other on Oct. 1, setting up a matchup of potential vice presidents as early voting in some…

LAHARPE — A vacancy on the LaHarpe City Council remains open so that discussions on the six applicants can continue. Council members declined Wednesday to vote to ratify Mayor Mae Crowell’s appointment of Angela Barker…

ERIE — A rural Kansas prosecutor retired from office this week after being accused of numerous crimes, disciplined for telling a woman she owed him a sexual favor and working out an undisclosed plea deal…

When Atsuya Hayashi considers what he’ll miss about Kansas after he returns to Japan, the words come easily. Big, wide skies. How the stars burn in a coal black sky at night. And he won’t…

For the fourth time in recent weeks, Topekans found themselves cleaning up Thursday morning in the wake of a severe overnight thunderstorm. Winds estimated at 80 mph did widespread tree damage late Wednesday evening  in…