When I learned that only 29% of the registered voters in Allen County voted, I was surprised — no, shocked.  How can voters allow less than one-third of their members decide what’s happening in the…

We were unaware until very recently that practicing journalism too “persistently” is against the law. At least that’s the case in Calumet City, Illinois, where Daily Southtown reporter Hank Sanders was cited multiple times for…

A countywide referendum on whether to renovate the Allen County courthouse likely drew more voters to the polls Tuesday than in a typical off-year election. An estimated 2,510 voters — or about 29% of Allen…

Like urban communities across the nation, Kansas City, Mo., has a public health problem. Gun violence is staggeringly high. In 2022, despite a nationwide drop in gun crime, Kansas City suffered its second-deadliest year since…

During seminary, I studied genocide with Dr. Elie Wiesel.  For three fall semesters I had a seat around a large oak table in a classroom on Commonwealth Avenue in Boston. Wiesel, a Nobel Prize winner,…

Last week, the Federal Reserve did the right thing by leaving well enough alone, keeping the benchmark interest rate at about 5.4%. With the acute pressure that the board and Chair Jay Powell in particular…

This summer was the hottest on record, and September was warmer than the average July temperatures from 2001-2010. Kansas farms are on the frontlines of these changes. Persistent drought gripped a large portion of the…

There is increasingly urgent talk of a cease-fire in the war between Israel and Hamas, as people all over the world understandably recoil at the loss of civilian life from Israeli airstrikes, such as those…

Those who argue that helping our allies means it shortchanges Americans, are misguided. In defending her vote against sending aid to Israel, firebrand Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Georgia, said she doesn’t believe using “Americans’ hard…

After several weeks of publishing profiles on candidates and covering the issues on next Tuesday’s ballot, our election preview coverage concludes today. I admire our news team’s work. We reached out to dozens of candidates…