A great-uncle of mine survived Auschwitz. He had been a lawyer in Germany.  After the war, he made his way to America and Brockton, Mass., where he took a job as a salesman in a…

Seven months ago, I was a woman drowning in addiction, domestic violence and unstable housing, fighting to keep my child while trying to rebuild a life that felt hopeless.  Today, I’m a certified Missouri Peer…

Wildfires that have devastated large swaths across southern Kansas continue to threaten communities and livestock alike. Even Friday, nearly four days after gusty winds quickly fueled a large grass fire originating in the Oklahoma panhandle,…

The Willis J. Ross Veterans of Foreign Wars Post in No. 6324 in LaHarpe recognized Allen County Undersheriff Nate Jackson as its Law Enforcement Officer of the Year and Iola High School social studies instructor…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump paid a price for going it alone on tariffs — with the Supreme Court on Friday delivering a rare rebuke by ruling he lacked the power to declare an…

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA aims to send astronauts to the moon in March after acing the latest rocket fueling test. Administrator Jared Isaacman said Friday that launch teams made “major progress” between the…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump warned on Friday that limited strikes against Iran are possible even as the country’s top diplomat said Tehran expects to have a proposed deal ready in the next few…

TOPEKA — Former Saint Francis Ministries CEO Robert Smith admitted in federal court Thursday that he used the organization’s credit card for personal expenses and authorized payments for a co-defendant’s fraudulent invoices. Then he pleaded…

TOPEKA — President Donald Trump nominated the director of the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, the state attorney general’s top appellate lawyer and a Great Bend attorney in private practice to fill three vacancies on the…

As the effects of climate change intensify, it has become standard practice for major corporations to pledge their support for environmental sustainability. This is as it should be, because genuine corporate engagement is essential to…