Well, it looks like — barring a last-minute intervention by Pope Francis himself, and maybe not even then — the U.S. bishops will consider and vote on a proposal for a teaching document about Communion…

Take a vaccine with a 95% rate of effectiveness, get a large enough sample size, and statistically speaking, it should be pretty obvious what’s bound to happen. So while conspiracy-minded anti-vaxxers point fingers over news…

This month, cities across Allen County will receive  stipends from the recently enacted American Rescue Plan Act. In alphabetical order, here are their amounts: Bassett, $3,186, population 21; Elsmore, $10,164, population 67; Gas, $76,005, population…

Professional golfer Jon Rahm nearly fell to his knees on Saturday after learning that he had tested positive for COVID-19 and had to withdraw from the Memorial Tournament in Ohio. In that moment of anguish,…

Josh Hawley is calling for the head of the man he claims is responsible for the United States’ tragically inept response to the COVID-19 pandemic. On Friday, Missouri’s junior senator joined the chorus of GOP…

Jonathan Carlyle of Toledo, Ohio, had every intention of getting a COVID-19 shot — someday. The Amazon delivery driver was so busy that he kept putting it off. Then he learned that his state was…

After almost 100 years in business, Wolfe’s Camera Shop in downtown Topeka is preparing to close its doors. Two generations have run the store since its beginning in 1924. At one time the business had…

Because even tiny amounts of lead can harm the brain, every day that lead finds its way into the drinking water of households is a day that could damage children who live in Chicago homes…

Beijing’s decision to allow couples to have three children reflects China’s two-pronged population problem — an aging and shrinking labor force. It is not clear how the three-child limit is expected to succeed where the…

These days, ensuring “election integrity” is the password for restricting voter access. So far, 14 states have enacted measures to curtail  voter participation during their 2021 legislative sessions. The majority of states, including Kansas, are…