TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas has terminated grants to two nonprofit agencies for services for troubled families and plans to renegotiate the grant terms to four agencies for services for foster children, Democratic Gov. Laura…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court will decide whether the 2020 census can include a question about citizenship that could affect the allocation of seats in the House of Representatives and the distribution of billions…

The Trump administration has been on a spree of environmental rollbacks, including air and auto emissions. Its next target: light bulbs. All those specialty bulbs consumers flock to for nostalgic or decorative appeal — Edison,…

How far do your newspaper records go back to for researching obituaries? -Roneil Elbrader, Webb City, MO Submitted 02/14/19

The Iola Area Symphony Orchestra will present its winter concert Sunday afternoon, under the direction of Gregory Turner, including a rendition of “Peter And the Wolf” narrated by new Bowlus Fine Arts Center Director Daniel…

Students in local schools participate in safety drills about twice a month because of a new state law that requires 16 drills during the school year, officials say. Some worry the increased drills do more…

LAHARPE — For more than 30 years, LaHarpe has sold water to residents between LaHarpe and Gas. In so doing, the city collects an extra $5 a month from each of the 44 customers —…

It may seem incongruous with our supposed bootstrap mentality, but Americans worship wealth — and the wealthy — so much that they hold them to different standards.  No matter their qualifications, from the outset the…

For many Americans, February is tax time — or at least the time they are reminded of their need to pay taxes, now that the forms are all in. That means millions of people are…

In the final weeks before the 2008 election, Barack Obama’s campaign sent mailers to Florida voters reassuring them that he supported the Second Amendment. In the opening days of the 2020 Democratic primary, it’s hard…