FORT SCOTT, Kan. --As far back as she can remember, caring for people has been Kim Bowen's passion. Life sidetracked her along the way, but she kept at it and will graduate in May from Fort Scott Community College's nursing... >>
Uniontown High School King and Queen were crowned during the boys and girls basketball games on Friday night. The queen is Veronica Harrison and the King is Max Labbe. The Eagle girls defeated Crest 46-21. >>
Hoping to infuse new enthusiasm into Relay for Life, the American Cancer Society's annual fundraiser, the organization is having a Feb. 1 kick-off meeting. The gathering will be held at 5:30 p.m. in the Heritage Room of the... >>
JOPLIN, Mo. -- For a city stripped bare of so many trees, the rows and rows of saplings -- more than 470 in all -- with their plastic tags flapping in the wind are a hopeful sight. These young trees aren't growing in Joplin... >>
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) -- The Kansas Highway Patrol says a woman and her two children are dead after a car collided with their minivan on Interstate 70 west of Topeka....
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) -- The Kansas congressional delegation is making their case to Defense Secretary Leon Panetta that a late Roman Catholic priest deserves a Medal of Honor for his heroism during the Korean War....
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) -- Kansas legislative leaders say they see little need for significant changes to laws governing the Kansas Bioscience Authority, despite a forensic audit that found instances of document destruction and misuse of funds and questioned the management style of its former president and CEO....
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) -- Gov. Sam Brownback's spokeswoman is defending the dinners he hosted this month with legislative leaders amid questions about whether they violated the Kansas Open Meetings Act....
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- The Kansas Corporation Commission, the agency that regulates the oil and gas industry in the state, says it doesn't have the necessary staff to inspect the growing number of oil and gas drilling sites involving horizontal fracturing, or fracking....