Residents in Washington state were preparing for possible flooding as “atmospheric rivers” once again threatened parts of the Northwest, which saw heavy damage from extreme weather earlier this month. People in the small communities of…

Jerrie Sue “Nana” Folk, age 81, passed away Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2021, at Moran Manor, in Moran. Jerrie was born Aug. 2, 1940 to Edward and Pauline (Bell) Cox in Neosho Falls. She attended school…

LOS ANGELES — A thunderstorm in Colorado sent the two college students racing for cover down a mountain ridge. A black bear charged at one of them in Washington state. A wildfire’s flames spurred a…

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — To a passerby, the Iglesia San Mateo de Cangrejos, a pastel-peach Catholic church in the middle of San Juan’s Santurce neighborhood, might look like any other house of prayer. A…

Iolan John Carl Johnson, 72, died Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2021, at St. Luke’s Hospital, Kansas City, Mo. John was born March 8, 1949, in Onawa, Iowa, to Willard Johnson, Sr. and Esther (Jones) Johnson.  John…

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — When Gov. Mike Parson departs Missouri for a 10-day trade mission to Israel and Greece next week, he’ll be traveling with his wife, a top aide and his spouse, a four-person…

Take a good, long look at Gertie. She was adopted from the Allen County Animal Rescue Facility in 2010, and has become a fixture on the Lehigh Trails with her human, Brenda Bumgardner. She’s a…

NEW YORK (AP) — Retailers are expected to usher in the unofficial start to the holiday shopping season Friday with bigger crowds than last year in a closer step toward normalcy. But the fallout from…

LaHarpe’s Thanksgiving Eve meal effort brought a small crowd to City Hall Wednesday, where guests were treated to turkey and noodles, potatoes and other goodies. The effort was spearheaded by LaHarpe Wellness Coordinator Courtney Frame…

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas Supreme Court has agreed to consider an appeals court decision overturning the conviction of a day care worker in the death of a 9-month-old.  The Lawrence Journal-World reports  that…