The Kansas City Royals were on the receiving end of a stellar Monday evening performance from Seattle Mariners starting pitcher George Kirby. Kirby, an All-Star last season, was formidable in limiting the Royals to just three hits in Seattle’s 6-2 series-opening victory at T-Mobile Park.

Seniors 60 years of age and older are invited to join the Sixty Club for fellowship and games Friday, May 17 at 1:00 p.m at the Civic Center. Everyone is welcome to come and participate in games, fellowship and refreshments.

BATTERY May 4- At approximately 2:59 p.m., IPD Officers were dispatched to the Labette Emergency Medical Center, located at 510 North Peter Pan Road, for a report of an assault. After further investigation, Dana Hart, 65 of Independence, was issued a uniform complaint and notice to appear for battery.

Kansas News Service Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly has signed a bill to include drug overdoses in the state’s Good Samaritan law.

(TNS) More human remains have been discovered in Sumner County in the same area where authorities found remains on Friday, the Sedgwick County Sheriff's Office said on Monday. 'The remains are ...

■ Washburn University to present a play, National Park Service to host reunion Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park interpreter Jeff Tully says Kansas entered the union as an anti-slavery state in 1861, but in less than two decades the Kansas Legislature passed a law allowing cities of more than 15,000 residents to segregate elementary schools.

President Vladimir Putin’s surprise late-night shuffle of his defense and security team signals his determination to mobilize Russia’s war economy for a long and intensified conflict in Ukraine against the West.

(TNS) WASHINGTON — Congressional reaction to the State Department’s report Friday on security assistance to Israel underlined the gap between Democrats and Republicans over whether the U.S. should use weapons transfers to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government as leverage to curb the killings of Palestinian civilians.