The inaugural First City History Festival will be held Friday and Saturday at Haymarket Square, Seventh and Cherokee streets. The event will include historical reenactments, live music, games and area vendors.
One of the great stains against guarantees of due process enshrined in the 5th and 14th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution has been the practice of lynch mob justice. While there are no universally agreed upon statistics as to the exact number of lynchings in U.S. history, the Tuskekee Institute of Alabama states that between 1882 and 1968, there were 4,743 lynchings in the U.S.
Kansas college looking into alleged water cooler tampering Bethany College is investigating an allegation someone associated with its baseball program deliberately contaminated a water cooler used by its opponent this past weekend. Athletic Director Laura Moreno confirmed the investigation Monday and declined further comment.
People looking to clean out their medicine cabinets will have a safe place to dispose of their old prescription drugs later this week. Local law enforcement agencies are once again participating in a National Prescription Drug Take Back Day.
Russia pounded eastern and southern Ukraine on Tuesday as the U.S. promised to “keep moving heaven and earth” to get Kyiv the weapons it needs to repel the new offensive, despite Moscow’s warnings that such support could trigger a wider war.
Three out of every four U.S. children have been infected with the coronavirus and more than half of all Americans had signs of previous infections, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention researchers estimated in a report Tuesday.
Dear Amy: Recently, I was in a car accident involving a young man who tried to commit suicide by jumping into my car’s path. My 2-year-old was in the car with me but (thankfully) doesn’t seem to have noticed when I hit the man.
More Americans approve than disapprove of Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation to the Supreme Court as its first Black female justice, a new poll finds, but that support is politically lopsided. And a majority of Black Americans – but fewer white and Hispanic Americans – approve of her confirmation.
Intelligence officials had gathered to brief select members of Congress on future threats to U.S. elections when a key lawmaker in the room, No. 3 House Republican Elise Stefanik of New York, tried to move the discussion to a new topic: Hunter Biden’s laptop.
Charles W. Haines, 92, Tonganoxie, KS, passed away Sunday April 24, 2022 at the Legends Healthcare, Tonganoxie.