Fourteen work as cashier-bagger duos. The store places one person at each register solely to bag. It may look a bit silly on slow days but improves transaction speed significantly when the store is ...

The oldest living former governor of Kansas, John Carlin, was elected to two terms. He concluded his second term in January, 1987. By that August, he was my professor at Wichita State University.

Torrential rains and flooding June 17 to 18 have severely threatened at least four county bridges, but the county may be eligible for a grant to pay for clearing the jams. Commissioners voted Monday ...

After serving as ambulance director for a year and interim director repeated times, Chuck Kenney is glad county commissioners appointed a new interim ambulance director Monday. Commissioners appointed ...

Loose dogs are a difficult issue to discuss. But like wind farms and DUIs, the issue is persistent, an itch that won’t go away. Two weeks ago, five separate incidents involving loose dogs were ...

The reservoir’s blue-green algae watch, originally issued May 24, was extended Thursday for another week by Kansas Department of Health and Environment.

New as well as used balers and swathers are doing well at KanEquip. “I hope it keeps raining for the soybeans and corn crops,” he said. Both G&R Implement and KanEquip sell an assortment of brands and ...

Rain discolored and shrank the mature grain. County extension agent Rickey Roberts was more measured in his comments, calling the wheat quality “pretty average.” ...

Marion City Library will show free movies at 2 p.m. four consecutive Wednesdays, starting July 9. Snacks will be served. All ages will be welcome, but children 8 and younger must be with an adult. The ...

That $800,000 that was earmarked for Sunflower Theatre in Peabody as part of the National Endowment for the Arts will now be redirected to the Chicago field office for ICE, just down the road in ...

Quarter-sized hail fell Saturday at Hillsboro, damaging cars at dealerships there. Randy Hagen, office manager and former owner at Hillsboro Ford, said an insurance adjuster already has inspected car ...