TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly strongly criticized the U.S. government Thursday as unprepared for the coronavirus pandemic and said her state hasn’t gotten needed supplies despite multiple requests approved since mid-March. The…

WASHINGTON — As dozens of nuclear power plants prepare for intricate refueling operations this spring, they’ll be without the usual complement of on-site inspectors from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, which has told its monitors to…

PARSONS, Kan. (AP) — A woman is jailed on suspicion of driving drunk and fatally injuring a pedestrian in Parsons. Tiffany Jakee, 29, of Parsons, was jailed without bond Thursday afternoon in Labette County on…

Dear Dr. Roach: I’d like information about a rare condition called Mayer-Rokitansky-Kuster-Hauser syndrome. The person I am asking about with this condition was born in 1958 without a uterus or vagina, and has one kidney.…

The saying, “Never let a good crisis go to waste,” is credited to Winston Churchill, prime minister of England during World War II. In Churchill’s case, he was referencing the unique opportunity to forge an…

Dear Carolyn: My fiance and I have been butting heads regarding changing my last name. I have the typical arguments for not wanting to change it, for my career, but it is complicated by the…

While waiting for a return to normalcy, I’m reminded of when I was young and spent much of my time at home, mainly because there wasn’t much else for a young kid to do in…

Bill Withers, who wrote and sang a string of soulful songs in the 1970s, including “Lean on Me,” “Lovely Day,” and “Ain’t No Sunshine,” has died from heart complications, his family said in a statement…

Dear editor, Reading in today’s paper that the closing of a restaurant that has only been open for five months, I surmise that it will not be the only one to close. Not all small…

Dear editor, During this trying time for most Americans, our city leaders are still up to their money-grabbing ways. When they just put into effect extra charges for using debit or credit cards to pay…