Independence USD 446 will conduct a special mandatory informational session for prospective “substitute classroom instructors” on Monday afternoon, August 1, at Independence High School, 1301 N. 10th Street. The meeting is scheduled from 1:00-3:00 p.m. in the Library at IHS.

Trustees of the Kansas Public Employees Retirement System relied on their authority to refinance the system’s unfunded liability in a bid to stabilize public employer contribution rates during a period in which investment earnings were expected to shrink.

Jul. 29 — The Kansas City Chiefs had their second official practice Thursday morning for their 2022 training camp, presented by Mosaic Life Care. While the focus was on improving specific positions, the Chiefs received some help from off the field.

When an elderly woman she knew buried her husband cheap, without even a Catholic Mass, an old aunt of mine said, "She buried that man like he was a dog." The man remains buried. Not a "woof" out of him.

When Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi added to the itinerary of a valedictory trip through Asia the island of Taiwan, she could not have been oblivious to the reaction she would produce in a stunned Beijing.

Dickinson County officials threatened to arrest Democrats who were protesting near the county courthouse in Abilene in opposition of the constitutional amendment on abortion. The dispute is indicative of tensions over the abortion amendment on the Aug.

MARIPOSA, Calif. — Maybe it was shock or maybe it was denial, but when Rodney McGuire learned his home of 22 years had been destroyed in the Oak fire, he held his composure and wondered what he would do next. Then without warning, he stepped behind a tree and burst into tears.

Brady Singer deserved better than a no decision, but the Kansas City Royals couldn’t scratch across a run and the New York Yankees’ MVP candidate Aaron Judge delivered his third walk-off home run of the season.

The campaign of Secretary of State Scott Schwab pushed back Tuesday against Republican primary challenger Mike Brown’s attempt to blame the GOP incumbent for election administration mistakes in Rice and Douglas counties.

The drumbeat of recession grew louder after the U.S. economy shrank for a second straight quarter, as decades-high inflation undercut consumer spending and Federal Reserve interest rate hikes stymied businesses and housing.