It shouldn’t be up to Kansas or any state in the nation to ensure their citizens are adequately tested for the COVID-19 virus.  It’s a national problem, and as such developing a coronavirus test should…

MIAMI (AP) — NBA players will be allowed to return to team training facilities starting Friday, provided that their local governments do not have a stay-at-home order prohibiting such movement still in place as part…

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Talladega Superspeedway wasn’t immune from “The Big One” or a typical overtime finish, even in virtual racing. Alex Bowman scored his first iRacing victory of NASCAR’s invitational series by holding off…

WASHINGTON — Social distancing must continue through the summer, White House coronavirus-response coordinator Deborah Birx said Sunday, even as some states began moving to ease shutdown and stay-at-home guidelines meant to stem the spread of the…

LE ROY — Elementary classes within the Southern Coffey County school district will be consolidated and middle school students moved. Le Roy-Gridley USD 245 Board of Education members voted unanimously at a special April 16…

Freddie M. Spillman, age 83, of Kincaid, died Friday, April 24, 2020, at his home.  He was born on July 28, 1936,  to William Bryan and Ada O. (Smith) Spillman in Linn County.  He served…

The sky was cloudless, passing from silver at the horizon to soft blue at the apex of the dome of the world. I was sitting next to the grave of Doyle “Bud” Neimeyer in Belmont…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans’ support for mail-in voting has jumped amid concerns about the safety of polling places during the coronavirus pandemic, but a wide partisan divide suggests President Donald Trump’s public campaign against vote…

BELLE PLAINE, Kan. (AP) — Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly said she has reached a deal that could resolve a lawsuit brought by two churches challenging her order banning religious gatherings of more than 10 people…

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s government has dismissed rumors that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is in fragile condition, as speculation about his health intensifies amid the North’s silence on his whereabouts.…