LONDON — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has tested positive for the coronavirus, he announced Friday, becoming the world’s highest-profile political leader to reveal an infection. “Over the last 24 hours I have developed mild…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The number of jobless workers in Kansas who filed initial unemployment claims last week was 12 times as high as it was the week before as measures to control the spread…

OAK PARK, Ill. (AP) — It was a sunny day, the first in about a week when temperatures had climbed past the 50-degree mark, and people in Chicago did what they always do on such…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas officials are looking for extra hospital beds, releasing jail inmates and bracing for a slump in state tax collections as they add farmers’ and ranchers’ springtime practice of burning pastures…

Along a country road southeast of Humboldt a pair of fence posts standing like sentinels are evidence of a gate once leading to a house. Just inside the fence, lush green flower stems brighten an…

Iola schools organized a “pickup event” for students and parents Friday, offering opportunities to collect both their learning packets for the next two weeks and personal belongings.

Efforts to organize a drive-thru or centralized testing site for the COVID-19 coronavirus have been scrapped amid changing requirements by the state. Current procedures at three Iola health clinics are sufficient, and administrators from each…

A local church isn’t letting the coronavirus pandemic stop them from having a service, even while practicing “social distancing. Wesley United Methodist Church will offer “Parkin’, Preachin’ & Prayin.’” Sunday worship will be a “drive-in”…

Earlier this week I reached out to a dozen locals to see how they’re doing with the orders to lay low because of the COVID-19 pandemic. From the get-go we slipped into a comfortable banter,…

Crystal and Mark Wehlage don’t have many options when it comes to daycare for their 7-year-old daughter, Sutton. Crystal is a home health nurse for the elderly, putting her in direct contact with those most…