Allen County Commissioners approved a 3% increase in funding for the Southeast Kansas Multi-County Health Department (SEKMCHD) during its meeting Tuesday morning, following a presentation by department administrator Becky Johnson. Johnson submitted a budget request…

(AP) — U.S. egg prices increased again last month to reach a new record-high of $6.23 per dozen despite President Donald Trump’s predictions, a drop in wholesale prices and no egg farms having bird flu…

As a new Congress is sworn in Friday, this might seem like a bad time to talk about raising federal lawmakers’ pay. A government funding package failed last month, throwing Washington into a frantic effort…

HUMBOLDT  —  Water rates will increase 40 percent beginning in 2025 for Humboldt residents. It could have been worse. But the majority of city council members elected to take the conservative approach to addressing the…

Customers of Kansas’ largest natural gas utilities will see their bills rise slightly next month after regulators approved a rate increase Thursday. Kansas Gas Service, which serves almost 650,000 residential customers, filed a request with…

Next year’s budget for USD 257 will likely include a slight tax increase, school board members were told Monday. Most of the funding is based on enrollment numbers, which have been declining except for a…

Reports of online scams doubled in 2023 as artificial intelligence and text-based scams gain popularity among hackers, a new report from the Better Business Bureau says. More than 9,000 people nationally reported phishing scams —…

MANHATTAN — The number of tornadoes in Kansas to date has surpassed last year’s amount. So far, 40 tornadoes have touched down in the state. For 2023, a total of 39 tornadoes were reported across…

TOPEKA — The Kansas Corporation Commission invited public comment from nearly 650,000 customers of Kansas Gas Service on the request for an overall revenue increase of $93.1 million that would translate into an average increase…

Researchers found that 63% of all abortions provided in the U.S. last year were medication abortions. There were an estimated 1,026,690 abortions — the most in more than a decade — performed in the formal…