“An advanced civilization must not limit its efforts to science and technology alone.” Let’s hear it for humanities! In 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law the National Foundation on the Arts and the…

Health care providers in Sedgwick County are preparing for the potential return of measles to the area for the first time in nearly a decade. An outbreak of the highly contagious respiratory virus in Kansas…

MORAN — A slow but steady population loss in rural Kansas has hit Moran as hard as anybody, Mayor Jerry Wallis noted Tuesday. It wasn’t that long ago that Moran boasted three filling stations, multiple…

Allen County Commissioners approved a 3% increase in funding for the Southeast Kansas Multi-County Health Department (SEKMCHD) during its meeting Tuesday morning, following a presentation by department administrator Becky Johnson. Johnson submitted a budget request…

The U.S. economy shrank at a 0.3% annual pace from January through March, the first drop in three years, as President Donald Trump’s trade wars disrupted business. First-quarter growth was slowed by a surge in…

Sam Brownback wanted to be president once. That didn’t work out so well.  So he became the governor of Kansas instead. And let’s be honest here: That didn’t really work out great either.  He cut…

TOPEKA — Analysis of potential congressional cuts to Medicaid indicated Kansas’ loss of nearly $350 million in the first year and more than $3 billion over 10 years could shrink coverage for vulnerable populations, escalate…

Douglas “Doug” Wayne Ellison, age 67, passed away at his home in rural Allen County, Kansas on Saturday, April 26, 2025. Doug was born Oct. 8, 1957, in Chanute, Kansas to Don and Lorene (Mowry)…

After outright dominating the competition for much of the 2025 season, Humboldt freshman Connor Newman finally found a rival in Iola High’s Brennen Coffield. Coffield, a junior, bested Newman by four strokes to take first…

Despite being down to nine players due to outfielder Kinley Morrison suffering a severe head injury in the third inning, the Yates Center Wildcats held on in the finale to split a doubleheader against Neodesha…