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LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Brynlee Alice Jean Bledsoe is still too young to know the significance, but someday she'll understand that her middle names are in honor of two of the women who helped free her father from prison in 2015. Brynlee, who will t...

Mary Alice (Landis) Diel was born July 27, 1937, to William and Mabel Roark and passed away on November 30, 2020, at the Attica Long Term Care facility in Attica, Kansas. Mary was the youngest of five children. She grew up on a farm west of Kiowa...

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Kansas City, Kansas, police are warning residents that drugs laced with fentanyl are contributing to a doubling of suspected drug overdoses since last year. So far this year, the city has had 41 suspected overdoses and n...

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — More than 60 years after Mal Osborn earned a varsity letter jacket from the University of Maine as a track runner, he still wore it. That is, until the 92-year-old lost it in October. Osborn, who has lived in W...

Samuel Stewart, 87, passed away at his home on December 8, 2020, surrounded by his loving family. Services are pending with Wharton Funeral Chapel. Online condolences may be made at www.whartonfuneralchapel.com...

PEMBROKE PINES, Fla. (AP) — Police in South Florida descended on what they thought was an armed break-in at a men's clothing store Tuesday morning after people were spotted storming in with rifles — but officers arrived to find a music video fil...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration dove back into Capitol Hill's confusing COVID-19 negotiations on Tuesday, offering a $916 billion package to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi that would send a $600 direct payment to most Americans — but eli...

Happy Anniversary To Dec. 10: Mr. & Mrs. Arly Eden Dec. 11: Mr. & Mrs. Justin Rankin, Mr. & Mrs. Bret Nixon Dec. 15: Mr. & Mrs. Vaughn Rader Dec. 17: Mr. & Mrs. Barclay Holt Dec. 20: Mr. & Mrs. Dean Farrow, Mr. & Mrs. Shad Brackin Dec. 21: Mr. &...

Students at Freedom Public Schools are preparing their parts for the annual all-school Christmas program to be held next Tuesday, Dec. 15. Students from pre-K through 12th grade will entertain with a variety of songs, poems and skits. There will be... Full story

ARLINGTON, Texas – The competition featured at the National Finals Rodeo brings out the greatest from the elite field of contestants. That’s especially true in steer wrestling, where most of the field of 15 cowboys still has a chance to win the 2020...

ARLINGTON, Texas – Steer wrestler Jacob Edler is quietly having a solid run at the National Finals Rodeo. He’d like to make a little more noise. Through the first five rounds, the State Center, Iowa, cowboy has placed three times and earned $35...

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Tulsa Mayor G.T. Bynum said Wednesday he's disgusted that some cities, particularly in the Tulsa area, have not mandated mask wearing to help slow the spread of the coronavirus. Cities with mask ordinances listened to medical prof...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma has asked the state Supreme Court to order Johnson & Johnson to pay more than $9.3 billion to cover the entire anticipated cost of combatting the state's opioid crisis, arguing in its appeal that a lower court's award w...

MISSION, Kan. (AP) — Arguments over mask requirements and other restrictions have turned ugly in recent days as the deadly coronavirus surge across the U.S. engulfs small and medium-size cities that once seemed safely removed from the outbreak. In Bo...