As the holiday season approaches, resist the temptation to taste uncooked batter or dough, no matter how delicious it might be.   You have probably heard it’s a bad idea to eat uncooked dough because…

My niece, who grew up in Florida, spent part of every summer shuttling between Topeka where I lived and Frontenac where my parents lived. She would go to the University of Kansas campus with me…

Monday, Dec. 7, Prairie Dell 4-H Club members met by Zoom. Make-up, new shoes, and the end of COVID-19 were some of the answers for the roll call,  “What do you want for Christmas?” Lainey…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas will need far more doses of coronavirus vaccines than it’s set to receive in the coming days to start giving shots to all residents 75 or older, officials at a…

Cara Bartlett of Humboldt was named to the Dean’s List for the fall 2020 semester at Missouri Southern University in Joplin, Mo. To qualify, students must earn a grade point average of 3.75 or above…

Here’s an interesting bit of coronavirus math: America’s billionaires today could give $3,000 apiece to every person in the country and still be left with bigger fortunes than they had before the pandemic started. That’s…

The pandemic has stretched on for months. And while vaccines are on the way, it’s going to stretch on for at least several more. So what do we gain by abusing those who work to…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The highlights that usually accompany another win by the Kansas City Chiefs tend to showcase Patrick Mahomes making a did-you-see-that throw, Travis Kelce turning a broken play into a big…

The Big Four made it to the Final Four of the college football season, as expected, ending one chapter of the most contentious, controversial and unpredictable years in the history of the sport. The College…

A two-week layoff did nothing to slow down Gonzaga. The Zags strengthened their grip on the No. 1 spot in The Associated Press college basketball poll released on Monday, earning 61 of 64 first-place votes…