MOUND CITY — The Crest High softball team was batted down in their season opening losses at Jayhawk-Linn on Thursday.  The Lady Lancers (0-2) got behind early in both of their matchups  and fell with…

Students read “The Day the Crayons Quit” during Iola Elementary School’s crayon-themed second and third grade music program on Thursday evening at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center.

MORAN — The Marmaton Valley High baseball team dropped a pair of home games against Uniontown Thursday. The Wildcats (1-3) struggled with their pitching and defense. Uniontown scored 11 runs in the first inning of…

MORAN — Marmaton Valley High softball had a tough go of it Thursday, falling 19-0 and 17-6 to the visiting Uniontown Eagles. Uniontown took control early, scoring four runs in the top of the first…

Cinderella teams make for great stories and busted brackets. They don’t necessarily make for great television ratings, though. After getting a dream Final Four field last year, CBS and Turner Sports have something very different…

CHICAGO (AP) — Marcus Stroman is getting used to Major League Baseball’s new pitch clock. And it’s no small deal for the Chicago Cubs right-hander. “It’s tough,” he said. “It’s a big adjustment.” Stroman committed…

Shaka Smart has packed an entire career’s worth of experiences into 14 years as a college head coach. He led VCU to an improbable Final Four as a 30-something wunderkind in 2011, guided mighty Texas…

WASHINGTON — Experts told the U.S. House Budget Committee on Wednesday the country’s economic outlook is problematic, as a fierce debate over the nation’s budget remains front and center. House Republicans, led by Speaker Kevin…

TOPEKA — The votes were cast and a bipartisan majority of the Kansas Senate supported spending more than $4 million to host in March 2024 the state’s first simultaneous Republican and Democratic presidential primary in…

TOPEKA — Republicans in the Kansas Senate voted Wednesday to undercut a plan for responding to the crisis in opioid overdose deaths by gutting a bill unanimously passed by the Kansas House and converting it…