GAS — As Austin and Emily Sigg brainstormed about fundraisers for their newly formed Phoenix Foundation, one idea — fireworks sales — took shape rather quickly. The Siggs formed the non-profit organization after Austin recovered…

For almost 60 years, Marsha Burris’s extended family has held biennial reunions.   The reunions celebrate her mother, Lois Weseloh Burris’s, side of the family, the descendants of John William and Martha Weseloh whose homestead…

Braylee Burnett and her family received some good news this week. Burnett, who turns 18 Wednesday, was diagnosed 2½  years ago with multiple sclerosis, a disease in which the body’s immune system mistakenly produces antibodies…

WASHINGTON — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to meet with President Donald Trump at the White House on July 7, according to Israeli and U.S. officials, as the administration urges its ally to…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Tuesday stuck to his position that the central bank will keep its key rate on hold while it waits to see how President Donald Trump’s tariffs effect the economy, despite…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans hauled President Donald Trump’s big tax breaks and spending cuts bill to passage Tuesday on the narrowest of margins, pushing past opposition from Democrats and their own GOP ranks after a turbulent overnight session.…

Pastor Chase Riebel spoke from Ephesians 4:1 about being “Worthy of Your Calling.” Peter’s words in Acts 2:37 pierced the hearts of those who heard them and turned many people to Jesus. We can celebrate…

TOPEKA — Heather Cessna is resigning as executive director of the state public defender’s office after years of warning apathetic legislators about the constitutional crisis they created by persistently underfunding her agency. Cessna said the…

Deborah Twadell was born in Iola May 5, 1941, daughter of Bayard and Neva (Hutchison) Twadell. She died of congestive heart failure Dec. 7, 2024, in Minnetonka, Minn. She is preceded in death by her…

TOPEKA — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement used the pretense of a national emergency to justify a secret, no-bid contract with CoreCivic that would pay the company $4.2 million per month to house detained immigrants…