TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Disagreements and personality clashes in the small southeast Kansas town of Iola might be a root cause of a current battle over Democratic Gov. Laura Kelley’s nomination to lead the Kansas…

In the wake of Sept. 11, federal officials said the United States needed a new, state-of-the-art facility to defend against bioterrorism and stop diseases that could devastate the country’s farm economy and threaten human lives.…

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Parliament gets another chance Monday to offer a way forward on Britain’s stalled divorce from the European Union, holding a series of votes on Brexit alternatives in an attempt to find…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Grocery and convenience stores in Kansas are stocking their shelves with stronger beer. Starting today, they can sell beer with up to 6 percent alcohol by volume. Previously, groceries and convenience…

A special election Tuesday will decide whether to build new facilities for USD 257 schools. Here?s a primer on some of the key issues:   What?s on the ballot? The big question is whether to…

BAXTER SPRINGS ? Jocellynn Tumbleson moved from LaHarpe to Baxter Springs, population of about 4,400, about a year ago because it was closer to her new job in Joplin, Mo. She stayed at a local…

The United Methodist Church entered a new era in its long history when in late-February, after three days of fierce debate, the church voted to uphold its prohibition on both same-sex marriage and the ordination…

Katrina Springer admits that up until now she had pretty much “just blindly believed” information from Kansans for Life, the pro-life group with a goal to eradicate abortion. All that changed Wednesday night when Springer,…

A Humboldt business is asking a judge to reverse Allen County’s decision that blocked a request to start up a rock quarry. D&D Propane, Inc., owned by David Gant of Humboldt, and his business partners…

Monica Criger’s pleasant nature is a byproduct of her work-a-day life. It’s the kids. “They keep you young,” said Monica, a paraprofessional at Humboldt Elementary for better than 20 years. Criger said she had intended…