VALLEJO, Calif. (AP) — A planning commissioner of Vallejo, California, has resigned after throwing his pet cat and apparently drinking a beer during a Zoom meeting between city officials that was made public, according to a newspaper report. D...

North Texas has more to offer than just the new Rangers ballpark should MLB decide to start the pandemic-delayed 2020 baseball season with teams grouped together in different regions. Among the different plans looked at by Major League Baseball is...

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Kansas athletic director Jeff Long, football coach Les Miles and basketball coach Bill Self announced Monday they had taken a 10% salary reduction for the next six months in an effort to save the athletic department nearly $500,...

TULSA, Okla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 27, 2020-- Gateway First Bank is proud to announce 14 of its team members have been named Top Originators by Scotsman Guide. The most comprehensive and intensely verified list in the mortgage industry, the ranking...

McPHERSON, Kan. (AP) — A 7-year-old boy shot in a weekend hunting accident in central Kansas is improving, authorities said. The shooting happened around 5 p.m. Saturday while the boy was turkey hunting with his parents south of Roxbury in M...

MISSION, Kan. (AP) — Richard Bergen, the artist who built the 22-feet (6.71 meters) bronze statue of a Native American that sits atop the Kansas Statehouse dome, has died. He was 95. He died Wednesday at an assisted living facility in Salina of c...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma State Department of Health on Monday reported two new deaths due to COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, pushing the total death toll to 197. There are now at least 3,280 coronavirus cases, up from 3...

MISSION, Kan. (AP) — Kansas has reported its first death in a prison coronavirus outbreak and saw the number of positive cases in six meatpacking plants rise to 378 as the state works to reopen its economy. Dr. Lee Norman, the state's health d...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Dozens of runners participated in a mock run to commemorate the Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon after the long-distance race was postponed amid the coronavirus pandemic. The Memorial Marathon is run annual in memory of the 168 p...

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) — Colorado's governor announced he is seeking federal aid for farmers impacted by a freeze that wiped out significant portions of the state's peach crop. Democratic Gov. Jared Polis said he sought the aid as a result of a...

Restaurants opened up to dine-in patrons in at least three states Monday and the governor of Texas allowed movie theaters, malls and eateries to start letting customers trickle into their establishments later this week. Across the country, an...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Businesses should close break rooms. Restaurants should consider disposable menus and plates. Schools should have students eat lunch in their classrooms. These are some of the recommendations offered in new federal plans designed t...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve has largely calmed turbulent financial markets. Yet a far tougher task remains: Helping rescue an economy and job market that appear to be free-falling into the worst catastrophe since the Great Depression. F...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles Rams coach Sean McVay is beginning this unusual NFL offseason with big plans. The millennial coach is always on the lookout for teaching innovations, and he meticulously planned out the next nine weeks by examining e...

Their reasons may differ, but crafters agree: Makers gotta make. Those who create things by hand — who weld, weave, play in clay or paints — are pursuing their passions the best they can during the coronavirus pandemic. The creative arts are soo...

OWENSBORO, Ky. (AP) — The Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame and Museum in western Kentucky is encouraging fans to visit by taking a new virtual tour of its exhibits. The museum in Owensboro has been closed to the public for over a month due to the c...