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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Democrats running for Kansas governor are falling in line with the national gun-control movement stirring the party’s liberal base, even if it means disavowing a loosening of gun laws in recent…

HELSINKI (AP) — With a wink and a slouch, respectively, President Donald Trump and Russia’s Vladimir Putin opened their long-awaited summit today as the American leader declared that “the world wants to see us get…

A new clinic for the Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas opened to great fanfare Sunday. Through the course of the afternoon hundreds toured the 14,000-square-foot facility that includes 13 exam rooms, eight dental exam…

Stephanie Wildasin and Dylan Barnes, friends from Kansas City, Mo., thought nothing of the drive if it meant seeing Frankie Ballard headline Saturday’s Farm City Days Summer Concert Series. “I love Frankie Ballard,” Wildasin said…

After a successful 17-5 regular season, the Post 15 Iola Indians are set to head into postseason play starting with the zone championship tournament held at the Humboldt Sports Complex this weekend. Last year, the…

College Football: Kansas Jayhawks LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Jeff Long didn’t waste time making clear his focus as Kansas’ new athletic director. “I’d like to say one message to the KU family specifically about our…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Mark Lerner’s first letter to then-commissioner Bud Selig after his family bought the Nationals asked to host the All-Star Game. “It’s something I’ve wanted from the moment we got the team,” Lerner…

1. Into the grinder Restrictor-plate racing at Daytona has turned into a demolition derby. It has gone from “if” it happens to “when” it happens. “Sometimes you’re in the half of the field that finishes;…

1. Horses, bourbon Kentucky is synonymous with horse racing (Kentucky Derby), bourbon (Jim Beam, Wild Turkey) and college basketball (Kentucky, Louisville), but has little to do with racing. Kentucky Speedway was built in Sparta, which…

Compelling questions … and maybe a few actual answers On the Erik Jones bandwagon? On, but not because of this past Saturday night at Daytona. Surely, we’ve all learned by now that plate-race success doesn’t…