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I’m a pediatrician and I own a gun. That may surprise you. I own a handgun because I grew up with guns. My dad had a shotgun mounted in his truck and he hunted and…

It’s still not known what set off a fire at the Allen County Landfill Saturday afternoon.  But it didn’t have to be much, confirmed Mitch Garner, director of public works. Buried trash is “highly combustible,”…

The significance of last week’s congressional Jan. 6 committee hearings cannot be overstated. For the first time, evidence was presented that former President Donald Trump knew some of the protesters were armed before encouraging them…

WASHINGTON — The polarization of American politics, a trend that began long before Donald Trump ran for president, isn’t running out of steam. If anything, it’s accelerating. Last month it got a boost from a…

Kansas legislators want to enlarge their power to control women’s lives. They have proposed a constitutional amendment on the August 2 ballot that hands them that power. Their plan distrusts women and will expand the…

To my knowledge, I have never heard a semi-automatic rifle until Monday. Such a neat, orderly sound amid the terrified screams of children and families running for their lives. My family and I were in…

Across the country, politicians with more ambition than integrity are trying to explode Americans’ trust in our elections. Taken individually, many of these attacks seem harmless, even amusing. Collectively, however, they constitute a concerted effort…

In vitro fertilization (IVF) faces an uncertain future in Kansas if the abortion amendment on the August 2nd ballot passes.    The U.S. Supreme Court recently overturned precedent on Roe v. Wade, allowing states to…

In the end, the person who told us, under oath, what the president was doing as a violent mob descended on the U.S. Capitol wasn’t Mark Meadows or anyone else in Donald Trump’s inner circle.…

It’s one of the deadliest mass-casualty events connected to border militarization in years. The number of migrants found dead in a tractor-trailer in San Antonio Monday rose to more than 50 on Tuesday. Another 16…