LONDON (AP) — Long lines are snaking down streets across the U.K. as drivers struggle to fill up their cars, causing widespread traffic misery and worries over whether the emergency services can do their work. …

WASHINGTON — Eighteen months into the COVID-19 pandemic, state and local public health departments that were already struggling with too few workers and too little money have been pushed to the brink — and for…

The number of Americans opposed to getting a COVID-19 vaccine reached a new low this month, a poll found. The Gallup poll, conducted Sept. 13-19, found fewer respondents than ever said they don’t plan to…

Give Jeremy Sellman a fishing pole and an idle afternoon, and he’s a happy camper. Same goes for Jeremy’s son, Xander, a sophomore at Iola High School. But this Sunday afternoon was a bit too…

UNIONTOWN — So far, so great for Crest High’s volleyball team. The Lady Lancers kept their Three Rivers League record spotless at 7-0 with a doubleheader sweep of Chetopa and Uniontown. The wins lift Crest’s…

COLUMBUS — Humboldt High’s younger cross country runners made the most of their opportunities to shine at a meet in Columbus Tuesday. Six of the eight Cub runners earned medals. Three set personal records. “This…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Salvador Perez tied a Royals record with his 48th homer of the season before leaving with a sprained right ankle, and Kansas City went on to beat the Cleveland Indians…

The same day that US. deaths from COVID-19 passed the toll of the Spanish flu pandemic, a modern-day medicine show rolled into Lenexa. Like the entertainments of old, this medicine show boasted cure-alls, rousing oratory,…

Journey with us, if you will, all the way back to August 2019. In a budget deal passed by Congress and signed by President Trump, Washington suspended the U.S. debt limit for two years —…

As Clara Wicoff sat in her brand-new office at the Southwind Extension District in Iola, her laser-focus on fighting food insecurity became readily apparent. The room was bare, save for her laptop and a dozen…