DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Israeli military ordered more evacuations in southern Gaza early Sunday, a day after a deadly airstrike on a school-turned-shelter in the north killed at least 80 Palestinians, according…

Beginning this week, Allen County residents can expect surveyors along 3.3 miles of U.S. Highway 169 between Carlyle and Colony. The Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) began a survey Monday to gather information for proposed…

It’s all about connections. Allen Community College is making an extra effort this year to bridge the gap between its students and the community. More than 200 college student athletes, law enforcement and others from…

Work continues on the extension of a sewer line from the airport to the City of Iola’s sewer system. On Monday, crews with Nowak Construction worked on State Street, between Bassett Street and Nebraska Road.…

TOPEKA — Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach filed a lawsuit Thursday on behalf of 15 states in an attempt to stop President Joe Biden from expanding health care access to DACA recipients by making them…

U.S. death rates fell last year for all age groups compared with 2022, federal health officials said Thursday. Here’s what the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data showed: • COVID-19 fell to the 10th…

TOPEKA — A record 171,000 Kansans enrolled this year in the subsidized health insurance marketplace under the Affordable Care Act, an increase more than 60,000 over the past two years. The nonprofit, nonpartisan Kansas Health…

“He always supported ACARF and we were blessed to have him in our community,” said Allen County Animal Rescue Facility (ACARF) Board President Dawn Murray.  She, of course, is speaking of the late Jim Smith…

The new Veterans Administration Clinic at 1408 East St. opens Monday. “We are very excited to be in this community,” Yolanda Quintero, Community-Based Outpatient Clinic Administrator for the VA, said. “It was our goal over…

An increase in respiratory illnesses in the region prompted a reminder from Rebecca Johnson, director of the Southeast Kansas Multi-County Health Departments, to take preventative measures. Johnson said health officials have noticed an increase in…