Chinese journalist Gao Yu has been a thorn in the side of China’s authorities for decades. Jailed three times for her work — I covered one of those jailings, in the 1990s, as a foreign…

May the Bard be with you. Allen Community College’s fearsome foursome of Evan Dye, Brigham Folk, Ainsley Weiss and Gabe Wight will bring audiences a full dose of William Shakespeare this weekend. No, not a…

Humboldt High School freshman Connor Newman continues hauling in first- place medals after winning the Fredonia Invitational Tuesday. Newman picked up his fourth first-place medal after shooting a 75 at the par 72 course at…

LEAVENWORTH, Kansas — Nestled into the crook of a wooded two-lane highway on the edge of northeast Kansas, a complex of concrete and barbed wire sits mostly vacant — for now. For over a decade,…

LE ROY — Ground was broken Monday to accommodate construction of a new career technology education (CTE) and science building for Southern Coffey County USD 245. Throngs of students, school board members and others in…

YATES CENTER — Warm and windy conditions greeted middle school track and field athletes from 11 schools in Tuesday’s Yates Center Invitational. The Yates Center eighth-grade girls took first place in their division, just ahead…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia pounded Kyiv with an hourslong barrage of missiles and drones Thursday, killing at least 12 people in its deadliest assault on the Ukrainian capital since July and drawing a rare rebuke…

(AP) — The National Weather Service will resume translating its products for non-English speakers. The weather service paused the translations this month because its contract with the provider had lapsed. Experts said the change could…

The Crest Lancers’ losses at the hands of likely Three Rivers League champion Central Heights on Tuesday raises the stakes of their next couple of games.  With the TRL title likely out of reach, it…

VATICAN CITY (AP) — So many mourners lined up to see Pope Francis lying in state in a simple wooden coffin inside St. Peter’s Basilica that the Vatican kept the doors open all night due to higher-than-expected turnout, closing…