Afghanistan: Is there anything we can do beyond the Finger-Pointing Olympics we’ve been witnessing? Can we learn something? We know one thing for certain. The entire Middle East is a long tunnel with no cheese.…

Allen Community Colleges’ volleyball team found the right formula down the stretch in three consecutive sets Wednesday, to finish off a thrilling, but quick, 3-0 romp over visiting Labette. In three nearly carbon-copy sets, Allen…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas Senate President Ty Masterson said he’s worried about Afghan evacuees resettling in Kansas because of fears related to both COVID-19 and terrorism. Masterson said Wednesday that he’s concerned about President…

ARMA — Crest High volleyball coach Abigal Hermreck was optimistic that the Lady Lancers’ tough play at a tournament in Iola Saturday would lead to success in Three Rivers League play. Turns out she was…

Most Americans don’t believe their personal information is secure online and aren’t satisfied with the federal government’s efforts to protect it, according to a poll. The poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs…

TOPEKA, Kansas — Two out of every three Kansas inmates have had COVID-19 and Kansas saw the fifth-highest infection rate of prisoners in the country through the course of the pandemic. But when the delta…

America’s schoolchildren don’t resist learning from history. Policymakers do. President Joe Biden ended a war in Afghanistan that his three predecessors pursued (and rued) for 20 years. As a young man he criticized a war…

NEW YORK (AP) — Despite a rise in COVID-19 cases Americans spent at a brisk pace last month, though much of that spending was done online and not at restaurants or other industries beleaguered by…

“It’s better late than never.” We echo that sentiment of a new Missouri law aimed at making sure mental health care is covered by insurance at the same level as physical health. The Missouri Independent…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A federal judge ordered Kansas on Wednesday to pay a total of $1.42 million to attorneys who succeeded in getting the federal courts to strike down a state law requiring new…