PowerSchool paid what Wasmuth estimated to be millions of dollars in ransom to cybercriminals who hacked into its system. The company was told stolen data would been deleted. Wasmuth said the hackers ...

A wheatgrass 21 years in development is taking root in Marion County and surrounding fields. Kernza, developed by the Land Institute in Salina, has made its way into small niche markets. It is used in ...

A graveside service for Blanche Ruth (Brown) Cowan, 99, Stockton, Missouri, who died Jan. 7 at Lake Stockton Healthcare Facility, will be 1 p.m. Saturday at Greenwood Cemetery, Newton.

A week after an ice storm, a blizzard, and a second snowfall, the county still has plenty of ice and snow. All that’s missing is ice melter. A run on local stores has made it a precious commodity for ...

Two Hillsboro city council members were sworn in for new terms at a council meeting Tuesday evening. Both Byron McCarty and Jeff Jorgenson were reelected after having run unopposed for their positions ...

Final data from a straw poll on dropping “Wildcats” as Marion Middle School’s nickname reveals continued sharp splits among groups surveyed. Whether to change the nickname for all district schools to ...

Still, Kansas’ first female senator continues to hold her independence dear, living largely by herself in a ranch house near Burdick. Her home, with its memoir-laden bookshelves and framed political ...

Insider information about high school life won’t be clouded from the perspective of people long since graduated. It’ll come straight from someone who can relate to today’s students — because she’s one ...

The research shows that the use of Indian mascots increased stereotyping of native people by non-natives as “primitive,” “aggressive,” and “savages.” It leads people to dehumanize native people. And ...

Candidates for the appeals court position will be interviewed Jan. 28 and 29 in Topeka. A committee of other judges will select three finalists, one of whom will be appointed by the governor to ...

State funerals, as we witnessed on television this past week, are always quite interesting. Equally interesting is many television reporters’ lack of understanding of the English language, displayed ...

There is a picture of the blaze from my shop burning to the ground. No one came with garden hoses trying to help me. No wonderful neighbors, except those of the fire crews, came to try to help. I was ...