Month: June 2019

The U.S. government has removed most of the children from a remote Border Patrol station in Texas following reports that more than 300 children were detained there, caring for each other with inadequate food, water…

Well, here’s something new — President Donald Trump, in reversing his own decision to attack multiple targets in Iran in retaliation for the downing of a U.S. drone, exhibited a surprising level of restraint late…

LONDON (AP) — An ambitious group of state-backed hackers has been burrowing into telecommunications companies in order to spy on high-profile targets across the world, a U.S. cybersecurity firm said in a report published Tuesday.…

Last week started with our colleague and friend, Tom Fox, suddenly finding himself in the midst of a violent assault on the judiciary. Rather than flee, he took up his camera and shot the suspect…

Thirty-seven years ago June 1982 PIQUA — Along about the end of July, Ed and Elizabeth Niemann will close their grocery store here one evening just like they’ve been doing for the past 43 years,…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas will allow transgender people to change their birth certificates so the documents reflect their gender identities under a legal settlement that Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s young administration and LGBTQ-rights advocates…

CLEVELAND (AP) — Tension is emerging between lawyers representing state and local governments over the path forward in a set of lawsuits seeking to hold the drug industry accountable for the toll of the nation’s…

Farmers and ranchers with expiring Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) contracts may re-enroll in certain CRP continuous signup practices or, if eligible, select a one-year contract extension.  USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) also is accepting offers…

Thursday is Sunflower Member Day at the Allen County Farmers Market in downtown Iola. Sunflower Health Plan KanCare members will receive a $10 voucher to purchase fruits and vegetables during Thursday’s market, from 5:30 to…

EUDORA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas residents and environmentalists are calling on oil and gas regulators to address the growing number of abandoned wells over the past five years. The state is home to 22,000 deserted…