Month: March 2019
A communal breakfast this morning at First Presbyterian Church celebrated the beginning of Lent. Following a hearty meal, the Rev. Dan Davis, the new minister at First Presbyterian, administered ashes to mark Ash Wednesday. This…
NORMAN, Okla. Kansas quest for a 15th straight Big 12 regular-season basketball championship ended on the road Tuesday night. The Jayhawks, (22-8, 11-6), who entered Tuesday nights game at Oklahomas Lloyd Noble Center needing…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A new study says expanding Medicaid in Kansas would have a net cost of $47.4 million in the first year. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that the nonprofit Kansas Health Institute estimated…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Markis McDuffie had 16 points as Wichita State defeated East Carolina 72-55 on Tuesday night. Asbjorn Midtgaard had 11 points and three blocks for Wichita State (16-13, 9-8 American Athletic Conference). …
With the United States and China in the midst of another round of trade negotiations, Kansas farmers have their fingers crossed that sanctions against agricultural commodities, including meat, dairy and grain, will be lifted. Its…
NEW YORK (AP) Major League Baseball and the players union are near an agreement to expand active rosters by one to 26 starting in 2020 as part of a deal that would include a…
WASHINGTON (AP) Under President Donald Trump, Americas trade deficit with China has so far worsened to a record high. That gap represents an unfulfilled Trump pledge just as talks between the worlds two largest…
Dear editor, From my experience of being a former Army wife, I have found out that the government doesnt give the help our service men and women need after deployments. When my ex-husband and…
TORONTO (AP) James Harden scored 35 points, Gerald Green had 11 of his 18 in the fourth quarter and the Houston Rockets beat the Toronto Raptors 107-95 on Tuesday night. Eric Gordon and Austin…
HR 1, the legislation that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi introduced in the first hours of the 116th Congress, is ambitious and remarkably wide-ranging. It proposes numerous electoral and public-ethics reforms. In most cases, these changes…
