Month: August 2020

WASHINGTON — U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy said he’s let Donald Trump’s reelection campaign know that the president’s denigration of the Postal Service and voting by mail has been harmful to the agency. “I have…

Most rural Americans will tell you the postal service is an important part of their way of life. Many small businesses and nonprofits in all kinds of communities — urban, suburban and rural — will…

Dear Carolyn: My husband and I disagree about covid precautions and have reached the point where we’re constantly fighting about it. I am more conservative and trying to have contact with only a few families…

Allen County’s positive COVID-19 cases increased to 30 this week, up seven cases from last week. The SEK Multi-County Health Department issued its weekly update Monday on cases in the four counties it serves: Allen,…

WASHINGTON — Republicans kicked off their national convention Monday by trying to radically recast President Donald Trump’s failures in containing the coronavirus pandemic as triumphs and by painting an apocalyptic vision of America if Democratic…

Is someone you love struggling with addiction? Are you a psychological or clinical professional interested in new perspectives and strategies for treatment? Take advantage of the following online series presented by Thrive Allen County and…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas man has been accused of growing thousands of poppies at his north-central Kansas home in order to manufacture heroin, authorities said Monday. A federal indictment charged Matthew Pfeiffer, 43,…

John Lale Divine, 79 years old, of Center, Colo.,  passed away suddenly Friday, Aug. 21, 2020 on the mountain doing what he did best, living life to the fullest. John was born on June 24,…

Fern Coleen Wolken, age 84, of Garnett, passed away on Friday, Aug. 21, 2020, at her home.  Fern Coleen Huggins was born on Jan. 5, 1936, in Bush City. She was the fifth of five…

NEOSHO COUNTY, Kan. – 31-year-old Christopher Ellis of Erie, Kansas was killed in motorcycle crash Sunday afternoon. According to Kansas Highway Patrol, it happened at 1:45 p.m. on US-59 about three miles north of Erie,…