Month: March 2019

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Many headliners boosted their draft stock at the NFL’s annual scouting combine with a wonderful workout, a dazzling 40-yard dash, a brilliant bench press or, in Kyler Murray’s case, just standing up…

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The founder of the Steamboat Arabia Museum in Kansas City is supporting legislation that would move the attraction to Jefferson City. The current museum houses a collection from a steamboat…

Doctors at the University of Kansas Hospital say a change in the distribution of livers across the country could result in Kansans waiting longer for life-saving transplants. So they’re backing a bill in the Kansas…

Boy, that was quick. Kansas’ bipartisan moment at the Statehouse lasted all of a few hours around the inauguration of Gov. Laura Kelly last month. Now that we’re at the halfway mark of the session,…

Audrey Ann Proffitt, age 81, a resident of Prescott, passed away Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019, at the Olathe Medical Center in Olathe. She was born Nov. 12, 1937, the daughter of Jesse Belmont Crane and…

David Roy Leake, age 75, died Saturday, March 2, 2019, at Iola. He was born on Oct. 16, 1944, in Iola, to Roy and Elsie (Morris) Leake. Dave grew up in Iola. He served in…

A line dance group from the Humboldt/Chanute area participated in the Kappa Alpha Chapter of Phi Tau Omega Sorority social on Feb. 27. Kappa Alpha members enjoyed watching the line dancers perform various dances throughout…

DEAR DR. ROACH: My sister sells one of the popular brands of essential oil products and related equipment. She sends out many social network postings about the benefits of these products, including sharing postings from…

Dear Carolyn: I would like to understand how people make new friends when they are in their mid-50s. Where are they going, or what activities are they doing, to keep friends to make and keep…

BAGHOUZ, Syria (AP) — Angry civilians evacuating from the last shred of territory held by Islamic State militants in Syria praised the extremist group Wednesday and chanted “Islamic State will remain,” underscoring the defiance of…