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In a year’s time Lehigh Portland State Park will look more like a state park.  The Lehigh-Portland Visitor Center will look out over the lake and at least two campgrounds will be completed.  State officials…

TOPEKA — A former court reporter in Wyandotte County District Court was sanctioned by the Kansas Supreme Court for failing to cooperate with an investigation into allegations that she tried to get $2,000 from a…

The Iola Senior Citizens Thrift Store has found a solution for its disposal of surplus items that will also serve those in need. Dimity Lowell, with the center, spoke with Allen County Commissioners Tuesday morning about…

HUMBOLDT — This week’s blistering heat wave can be capped off Saturday with one of the coolest, most refreshing events in Southeast Kansas: Water Wars.  It’s an opportunity to get blasted from all sides by…

Area youngsters took their turns in the mutton busting event Friday evening at the Allen County Fair. Once the mutton busting was complete, Allen County native Dakota Slocum was among those who tried their hand…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has unveiled a long-awaited proposal for changes at the U.S. Supreme Court, calling on Congress to establish term limits and an enforceable ethics code for the court’s nine justices.…

Improvements to the Allen County Fairgrounds were a hit with 4-H’ers and visitors. The fair wrapped up Sunday with the annual livestock auction. Mylee Miller, who is in her eighth year of 4-H, said she…

Young actors show off the skills they learned from the Children’s Summer Theatre Workshop with a performance Saturday morning at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center.

When Isabelle Blackwood was in middle school, her Kansas farming family was devastated when her oldest brother Ian died by suicide. Blackwood, who is now a high school senior in Clay Center, responded by learning…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has agreed to be interviewed by the FBI as part of an investigation into his attempted assassination in Pennsylvania earlier this month, a special agent said on Monday…