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The Woods County commissioners didn’t have a lot on the agenda for their Monday morning meeting. However, under new business they had a couple of interesting discussions. Commissioner John Smiley said Dollar General has purchased property at the corn...

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A juvenile in a stolen car who refused to stop at a security gate caused a lockdown at McConnell Air Force Base in Wichita early Tuesday, base officials said. Security measures at the base stopped the vehicle and the juvenile f...

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Criminals have targeted Kansas' unemployment system in a multibillion dollar fraud scheme that has delayed relief payments to thousands of people around the state who lost their jobs during the coronavirus pandemic, officials s...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Tennessee Titans won't be back inside their building until Saturday at the earliest because of eight positive tests for the coronavirus, the first outbreak to hit the NFL as it tries to play a full schedule amid the p...

Memorial services for Harold Allen Hada will be 2 p.m. Saturday, October 17, 2020, at the Marshall Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Gail Edmison officiating. Harold was cremated at his request under the direction of Marshall Funeral Home of Alva....

YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Leaders of Azerbaijan and Armenia brushed off the suggestion of peace talks Tuesday, accusing each other of obstructing negotiations over the separatist territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, with dozens killed and injured in three d...

Services for Hartsell Johnson are pending with Marshall Funeral Home. Online condolences may be made at www.marshallfuneralhomes.com....

CLEVELAND (AP) — Crowds and pageantry are out. COVID-19 tests and masks are in. Presidential debates are typically some of the most exciting nights of the campaign season, drawing a crowd of thousands of staffers, media and guests. But this year, a...

Harvey “John” Trekell, 85, passed away on September 27, 2020. He is survived by his daughters Vanessa (Harold) Foster and Pam (Chris) Atchison, brother Allen Trekell, four grandchildren, six great-grandchildren and 11 great-great-grandchildren. He...

NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump reportedly must pay back more than $300 million in loans over the next four years, raising the possibility his lenders could face an unprecedented situation should he win a second term and not be able to r...

A celebration of life service for Rustin Jack Sturgeon was held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, September 26, 2020, at the Timberlake High School auditorium. Burial will follow at the Good Hope Cemetery, south of Helena. Arrangements are by Lanman Funeral...

The speaker of the House recently announced that for the first time all House members will serve on a redistricting committee when it comes time to redraw our legislative districts following the results of this year’s census. This means as r...

President Terry Graham called the September meeting of the Burlington Board of Education to order with board members Robert Hill and Aaron Smith present. Absent were members April Kisling and T.J. Rockenbach. Others present included Superintendent...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma remains third in the United States for the number of positive coronavirus tests per 100,000 people and is among the worst affected states for the number of new reported cases, according to a report released this week b...

TAHLEQUAH, Okla. (AP) — U.S. Attorney William Barr promised more manpower and federal aid to Oklahoma on Wednesday to help tribal governments and federal prosecutors deal with an increase in criminal cases stemming from a recent U.S. Supreme Court d...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump unleashed a torrent of fabrications and fear-mongering in a belligerent debate with Joe Biden, at one point claiming the U.S. death toll would have been 10 times higher under the Democrat because he wanted o...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The top public health official in Kansas said Wednesday that the state has yet to see its biggest wave of coronavirus cases, suggesting the pandemic could spawn an average of 800 or even 900 new cases a day in coming months. D...

SILVER PLUME, Colo. (AP) — In a small clearing on Mount Trelease, a faded and tattered yellow shirt rests among twisted shards of metal. Emblazoned across the front: Wichita State. A heavy reminder of what took place 50 years ago in this section o...

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas woman has been sentenced to life in prison for decapitating her ex-boyfriend's mother with a pair of kitchen knives. Rachael Hilyard, 38, of Wichita, was sentenced Tuesday in the 2017 death of 63-year-old Micki Davis, T...

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Wichita police are looking for a man suspected of posing as a police officer to pull over a driver. The Wichita Eagle reports that a police impersonator, driving a dark-colored car with red and blue emergency lights in the w...

Happy Birthday To Oct. 1: Christina Fisher Oct. 2: Nichole Costello, Chris Harris Oct. 3: Tera Darr, Jaden Lloyd Oct. 4: Crystal Wares, Victor Powers, Denise Province, Linda Kurz Oct. 5: Pake Carlson, Rita Coulter, Joey Frei Oct. 6: Ray Morris, Cole...

Happy Anniversary To Oct. 11: Mr. & Mrs. Rod Bradt Oct. 17: Mr. & Mrs. Kenny Smith, Mr. & Mrs. David West Oct. 20: Mr. & Mrs. Ty Ferguson Oct. 28: Mr. & Mrs. Don Lenhart Oct. 29: Mr. & Mrs. Roger Mitchell (Note: Send corrections, additions to:...