Iolan Sarha Peterson figured the easiest way to give her grandchildren some cool summertime fun was by lining her pickup bed with a tarp, then filling the bottom with water to create an instant wading…

The COVID-19 pandemic did more than essentially shut down much of the nation’s economic activity this spring. It also changed Kent Thompson’s political future. Thompson, who has represented Kansas’s Ninth District in the Kansas House…

NEW YORK (AP) — Former middle school principal Jamaal Bowman has toppled 16-term U.S. Rep. Eliot Engel in New York’s Democratic primary in another upset victory for the party’s insurgent wing. A political novice who…

Armando Hernandez hopes to put ideas into action — and bring forth a spirit of cooperation with all parties —  if he’s elected to the Kansas House of Representatives. The Chanute native is vying for…

WASHINGTON — As the school year draws near, children and teens represent a ballooning percentage of COVID-19 cases in the U.S. as the youngest Americans increasingly venture outside their homes and are able to get…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A freshman Kansas congressman facing felony criminal charges  over previously listing a UPS Inc. postal box as his residence on a state voter registration form has been forced to temporarily give…

Arrest reported Iola police officers arrested Christa Morrison, Iola, for suspicion of criminal trespassing Tuesday in the 500 block of Eisenhower Drive. Building struck Sandra J. Thompson, 77, was pulling into the Casey’s General Store…

Carlyle Presbyterian Church Bible Study with Pastor Steve Traw on the book of Hebrews will be at 3 p.m. Tuesday. All are welcome. Around town Thrive Allen  County  has canceled its community conversation in Carlyle…

President Donald Trump’s appeal to religious conservatives is a cornerstone of his political identity. But Joe Biden is a different kind of foe than Trump has faced before: one who makes faith a central part…

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Fearing what the coronavirus might do to the power industry, six electric cooperatives in Kansas applied and received up to $20 million total in loans as part of the federal Paycheck…