Some spooky fun is in store for youngsters starting Saturday with a number of activities for area youngsters. The Iola Public Library will host a Haunted Library Tour from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Saturday. Children…

This election season, Gov. Laura Kelly and her allies have relentlessly worked to tie her opponent Derek Schmidt to former Gov. Sam Brownback, particularly the unpopular  cuts to education funding.   Yet far more can…

It’s been four months since Allen County Regional Hospital changed the way it provides emergency room services, and members of a local physicians group that previously covered the ER are still adapting. The Family Physicians,…

Dear Carolyn: My girlfriend of four years and I are in the preliminary stages of planning our wedding. We want a unique wedding, but nothing large or showy; we want our important family members there;…

Dear editor, Patrick Schmidt is smart, qualified, and committed to making life better for Kansas families. Patrick graduated from Tufts University with a major in international relations and served as an intelligence officer in the…

At age 90, Merrill Hodgden’s schedule is somewhat flexible.   “I can meet with you Monday, but 3 to 5 are my office hours,” he said that morning.  When our 2 o’clock interview drifted past…

The 2022 football season came to an end for Marmaton Valley, Southern Coffey County and Yates Center high schools Thursday. In Hutchinson, Marmaton Valley bowed out at the hands of Central Christian in a 52-6…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy grew at a 2.6% annual rate from July through September, snapping two straight quarters of contraction and overcoming high inflation and interest rates just as voting begins in midterm…

BRANSON, Mo. (AP) — Seven people suffered what were described as minor injuries after an amusement park train derailed in Branson, Missouri. The derailment happened Wednesday evening at Silver Dollar City.  Six patrons and one…

HUTCHINSON — Tyrone Grant-Wooden, an officer with the Humboldt Police Department, was one of 20 new law enforcement officers to graduate from the Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center (KLETC) on Oct. 21 at a ceremony…