The United States is approaching a grim milestone, recording nearly as many deaths in a single day from the coronavirus pandemic as the 2,977 people who died in the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.…

Although Bob Hawk is free of COVID-19, five weeks later he struggles to take a deep breath. His case of COVID led to double pneumonia, which has compromised his lungs. He now relies on supplemental…

Allen County offices at the courthouse are restricting visitors because of a small number of COVID-19 cases among employees. Commissioner Bill King said he advised department leaders to take whatever precautions they feel are appropriate…

WASHINGTON (AP) — With the viral pandemic accelerating across the country, America’s employers sharply scaled back their hiring last month, adding 245,000 jobs, the fewest since April and the fifth straight monthly slowdown.  At the…

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi gave an optimistic assessment of the prospects for a mid-sized COVID-19 relief bill and a separate $1.4 trillion governmentwide spending bill on Friday, teeing up expectations for a…

Kansas hospitals are turning away more than 100 transfer patients a month as smaller, local hospitals continue filling up at an alarming rate. In May, at the beginning of the pandemic, the University of Kansas…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas on Wednesday reported spikes in COVID-19 deaths and hospitalizations as dozens of nursing homes experienced outbreaks and the state prepared to see that health care workers received the first available…

During a recent outbreak at Centennial Homestead in rural central Kansas, the nursing home had to wait five days for COVID-19 test results from a lab hours away. Dozens of Kansas nursing homes still wait…

Amanda and Chris Belknap had always taken the coronavirus threat seriously. Yet despite precautions, the entire family has become infected with COVID-19 within weeks of each other.  “We’d been extremely careful,” Amanda said. “This is…

Tuesday’s meeting of Allen County commissioners was fairly short and sweet, but did provide an opportunity to try out new audio and internet streaming equipment purchased by the county via SPARK funds. The new equipment…