At its peak, Cara Thomas had a crew of 75 employees at Bolling’s Meatery and Eatery. But the ripple effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, which shuttered the steakhouse portion of the business in early 2020,…

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…