WASHINGTON — A majority of Americans disapprove of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s job performance and the federal government’s evolving vaccine policy, according to a poll released Thursday by the nonpartisan…

OVERLAND PARK — Wednesday marked the first day in two years that transgender Kansans were able to change the gender markers on their drivers licenses after the Kansas Supreme Court denied Attorney General Kris Kobach’s…

Allen County voters will have plenty to decide when they go to the polls Nov. 4 for city and school board elections. On top of picking their representation on respective city council races, voters also…

LAHARPE — Like Bill Murray’s character in the classic movie “Groundhog Day,” Savannah Flory is afraid she’s stuck in a time warp when it comes to … well, groundhogs. Flory, speaking at Wednesday’s LaHarpe City…

FRONTENAC — Freeman Health System is abandoning plans to construct a new hospital in Frontenac, the company announced Wednesday, seven months after ground had been broken for the proposed facility. A feasibility study ordered in…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The IRS will furlough nearly half of its workforce on Wednesday as part of the ongoing government shutdown, according to an updated contingency plan posted to its website. Most IRS operations are…

CAIRO (AP) — A breakthrough deal pausing the war in Gaza has been reached. But will it lead, as U.S. President Donald Trump proclaimed, to “a Strong, Durable, and Everlasting Peace”? It took pressure on both Israel and Hamas from the United States,…

For one morning at Humboldt High School, students suddenly became 26-year-old adults with jobs, spouses, budgets, and even babies to care for. Some were shocked to find out how expensive life could be. Others quickly…

MORAN — Plans are in the works to install a nine-hole disc golf course at the Moran City Park. The Moran Youth Recreation Association will receive $5,000 from the Heartland Rural Electric Cooperative’s Concern for…

Mike Scanlon wants people to know Iola has a pretty cool trail system. Scanlon, executive director of the newly-formed nonprofit Kansas Trails Inc., was in town last weekend riding the Lehigh Portland trails. “One of…