Month: May 2018

NBA: Conference Finals HOUSTON (AP) — Stephen Curry and Golden State turned all those Houston bricks into a road back to the NBA Finals. Needing not only all their firepower but also 27 straight misses…

Caitlyn “Cait” Nicole Graham passed away suddenly and peacefully of natural causes at the age of 24 on Thursday, May 24, 2018, at her home in Chanute. She will be greatly missed and remembered forever…

Alberto is a still-menacing depression after its Memorial Day landfall on the Gulf Coast, scattering heavy rains around the South and raising risks of flash floods. As the first named storm of the 2018 Atlantic…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sam Brownback appears relaxed, looser and more convivial as he settles into his ambassador’s job, miles both geographically and emotionally from where he was during his final, difficult months as Kansas’ governor.…

Remember that one time you spent four years living with roommates, studying around the clock and eating microwaved ramen? While pinching pennies as a 20- or 30-something, maybe it hit you: You could save a…

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s dispatch of a top lieutenant to the United States suggests that preparations for a summit between him and President Donald Trump are in the…

LIEGE, Belgium (AP) — A knife-wielding man stabbed two police officers today in the Belgian city of Liege, stole their weapons and shot them and a bystander dead in an attack that prosecutors fear could…

Extension Agent for Family and Consumer Sciences Active parents have active children and physical activity is a key component to chronic disease prevention. Anne Ferguson, a chronic disease specialist, often found parents sitting on the…

Extension Agent for Agriculture During the summer in southeast Kansas, cattle on cool-season fescue grass pastures may tend to perform poorly. Oftentimes this is due to summer slump, otherwise known as fescue toxicosis. The fescue…

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. home prices climbed in March with buyers paying a premium for ownership as the number of properties up for sale declines, and mortgage rates increase. The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller 20-city home…