The Iola Senior Citizens Thrift Store is ready to move forward with a building expansion — with or without the county’s help. Which is just fine with county commissioners. The county owns the building at…

SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — European Council President Charles Michel visited North Macedonia on Thursday and said efforts to start European Union membership talks with the landlocked Balkan country and neighboring Albania have become a…

DistrictJudge Daniel Cretiz unveiled plans to remodel and expand the courthouse. It’s still too early to know what might come of those plans, but Creitz said something eventually needs to be done to improve security…

HUMBOLDT — Since The Growing Place Childcare Center & Preschool opened in Humboldt in 2005, its leaders kept a sort of “wish list” of improvements. An indoor play area — where kids could run around…

LAHARPE — Windows make for happy houseplants. The plants at TLC Greenhouse soon will be just a little bit happier, courtesy of a new building and two new greenhouses that give them more sunlight and…

LAHARPE ? Windows make for happy houseplants. The plants at TLC Greenhouse soon will be just a little bit happier, courtesy of a new building and two new greenhouses that give them more sunlight and…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Conservative Republican lawmakers are looking to modify a bipartisan plan for expanding Medicaid in Kansas by adding two provisions that Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly opposes. GOP conservatives want to insert a…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A northwest Missouri cattle feedlot that fought for more than a year to add thousands of cattle to its operation announced Monday that it is closing immediately because of the…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Supporters of expanding Medicaid in Kansas are looking to block passage of the state’s next annual budget to force an expansion plan through the Republican-controlled Legislature over conservative leaders’ objections. Legislators…

AdventHealth will take over operation of Ransom Memorial Health, a 44-bed acute-care hospital in Ottawa, Kansas, the Florida-based health system announced on Wednesday. Ransom Memorial will be renamed AdventHealth Ottawa. It joins other members of…