WASHINGTON (AP) — An influential federal advisory panel overwhelmingly rejected a plan Friday to offer Pfizer booster shots against COVID-19 to most Americans, dealing a heavy blow to the Biden administration’s effort to shore up…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas judge is allowing the state to keep enforcing a new election law and is expressing strong doubts about arguments that it hinders efforts to register and educate voters. Shawnee…

With the goal to have children in school as much as possible during the pandemic, school officials are taking advantage of the program “Test to Stay and Learn,” which provides on-site testing for the coronavirus…

BIG HILL RESERVOIR — It’s perhaps the toughest course of the cross country season. Labette County’s Big Hill Reservoir features a little bit of everything. It starts and ends in a valley, but the middle…

Health insurance companies have been shielding many customers from out-of-pocket “cost-sharing” expenses like deductibles, coinsurance, and copayments for Covid-related medical care. But that safety cushion is disappearing, increasing your direct financial risk from the disease. …

CHANUTE — Iola High’s Keira Fawson proved dominant in singles play once again Thursday. Fawson went 3-0 without allowing a single point,  to win the No. 2 singles division at the Chanute Invitational. Iola’s Miah…

ARMA — Marmaton Valley Junior High’s football team started off in a 14-0 hole Thursday, and could never recover. The Wildcats trailed 30-6 at halftime of a 54-28 defeat. “From halftime on, we started to…

ARMA — Marmaton Valley Junior High’s volleyball A team split a pair of road matches Thursday. The Wildcats rolled past host Northeast, 25-22 and 25-6, before falling in three sets to Liberal, Mo., 25-14, 19-25…

PITTSBURG — Iola Middle School’s volleyball teams came up short on the scoreboard Thursday, but may have played some of their best matches of the season, both teams’ head coaches said. In eighth-grade play, Iola’s…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City Royals All-Star Salvador Perez’s best offensive season of his career reached a historic Benchmark. Perez, a seven-time All-Star and five-time Gold Glove winner, has put himself among the most…