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DALLAS (AP) — Scorching temperatures brought on by a "heat dome" have taxed the Texas power grid and threaten to bring record highs to the state before they are expected to expand to other parts of the U.S. during the coming week, putting even m...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A new Kansas law requires the state to reverse any previous gender changes in its records for trans people's birth certificates and driver's licenses while also preventing such changes going forward, the state's conservative R...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that state courts can curtail the actions of their legislatures when it comes to federal redistricting and elections, rejecting arguments by North Carolina Republicans that could have dramatically a...

Yevgeny Prigozhin, owner of the private army of prison recruits and other mercenaries who have fought some of the deadliest battles in Russia's invasion of Ukraine, escaped prosecution for his abortive armed rebellion against the Kremlin and is in...

According to the affidavits and petitions on file, the following individuals have been charged. An individual is innocent of any charges listed below until proven guilty in a court of law. All nformation is a matter of public record and may be obtain...

Monday, June 19, 2023 During this day were three traffic stops. 3:05 p.m. – Report of hay bales on fire on OK-45 and County Road 620. 8:38 p.m. – Report of a red heeler attempting to attack a male. Advised it has happened several times. Deputy was ad...

Criminal Filings Jed Robert Brenner has been charged with giving a worthless check. Debra Leeanna Crosby has been charged with harassment by telecom device. Teresa A. Achenbach has been charged with distribution of heroin; possession of...

Mortgages Book 250 page 195: Ryan K. Fischer and Alexis M. Fischer to The People’s Bank. Lot 23 of the Amended Plat of lots 1 and 2 in Block B and lots 23 and 24 in Block A of Forsyth Addition to the City of Medicine Lodge, Barber County, Kansas. N...

“If Hardtner was still doing their fireworks we wouldn't do this in Kiowa. We loved Hardtner's tradition,” Kiowa woman Jenna Mostert said. Last year Mostert and her husband Will and their friends Jarrod and Sammi Inman and many other of their fri...

The Alfalfa County commissioners had a short agenda for their meeting Monday. Nate Ross, Mike Roach and Garret Johnson only took a few minutes to approve and sign the paperwork, like the previous meeting minutes, maintenance and operation warrants...

Teaching troubled young men to have a life with Christ, how to develop a strong work ethic and more upstanding qualities is one of the many goals of the Freedom Gates Boys Ranch located in the tiny town of Hazelton, Kansas. Michael Simpson is...

Much-needed childcare is going to see 198 new daycare slots in five communities in the Kansas counties of Barber, Harper and Kiowa. Funding comes from a $2.1 million Childcare Accelerator Grant, according to Julie Lyon, who is director of the Kiowa...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Human remains have likely been recovered from the wreckage of the submersible that imploded during an underwater voyage to view the Titanic, the U.S. Coast Guard said Wednesday. The news came hours after the announcement that d...

ALLEN, Texas (AP) — Police released video footage on Wednesday of an officer killing a neo-Nazi gunman, quickly ending a mass shooting that left eight people dead and seven others wounded at a Dallas-area shopping mall. The edited f...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco police searched Sunday for a person of interest in a mass shooting during a block party in San Francisco Friday night in what investigators said appeared to be a "targeted and isolated" incident. The person of i...

NEW YORK (AP) — After three years, the pandemic-era freeze on federal student loan payments will end this fall. It might seem tempting to just keep not making payments, but the consequences can be severe, including a hit to your credit score and e...