Despite the continued presence of residents in opposition to Gov. Laura Kelly’s mask mandate, Allen County commissioner Bill King held fast to his commitment to follow the advice of health professionals in upholding the order.…

Bruce Symes is seeking a second term as Allen County commissioner, representing  District 3. Symes took office in January 2019 in order to complete the term of Jim Talkington, who resigned the office in 2018.…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A freshman Kansas congressman who had listed a UPS Inc. postal box as his residence on a state voter registration form was charged Tuesday with three felonies, including illegal voting.  The…

A businessman and real estate agent by trade, John Brocker is running for county commission District 3, looking to serve his first full four-year term in office. “I’ve always promoted things that would help Iola,”…

July 1960 Some 52,000 sports car fans from a dozen or more states and several foreign nations were thrilled and broiled Sunday and Monday afternoons at the Grand Prix Road Races at Garnett. The spectators…

BOSTON (AP) — Facing eight federal lawsuits and opposition from hundreds of universities, the Trump administration on Tuesday rescinded a rule that would have required international students to transfer or leave the country if their…

The closing of this year’s Kansas State Fair — at least the public parts — will have no effect on the upcoming Allen County Fair. In fact, this year’s renditions of the county and state…

The police reforms that are currently stalled in the U.S. Senate are so basic, so necessary and so modest that it’s embarrassing they are not already law. Much of what’s in the House-passed “George Floyd…

In grappling with the coronavirus pandemic, one point can be easy to overlook. We don’t have many reliable tools to slow the spread of the outbreak. Essentially, we have three methods. First, we can stay…

The first COVID-19 vaccine tested in the U.S. revved up people’s immune systems just the way scientists had hoped, researchers reported Tuesday — as the shots are poised to begin key final testing. “No matter…