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On May 1, 2009 Mark and Lisa Overocker lost everything, a house fire claimed their home in Long Point, Illinois. “The house burned to the ground,” Lisa said.

Robert Bunting is following in the footsteps of his grandfather and father with his appointment as Bunting’s President and Chief Executive Officer. Oct.

TOPEKA (AP) — Kris Kobach, the Kansan with a national reputation as a hardline provocateur on immigration and voter ID laws, is trying to rebrand himself as a calmer, steadier voice in his comeback bid for elective office. Republicans hope the candidate for Kansas attorney general is a “new” Kobach. Many of them say he’s staying more on message with a better organized campaign after losing the 2018 race for Kansas governor and a 2020 U.S. Senate primary. Both of those losses were chalked up to disorganized campaigns and Kobach being too abrasive even for very Republican Kansas voters.

Bethel College will host the inaugural symposium on aging and the senses, created by a recent estate gift to the college. The first Senses and Aging Symposium takes place Oct.

“A few years ago, there were eight or nine empty buildings along our main street. Now, it’s hard to even find an open office space downtown.” That quote comes from a businesswoman who has observed the resurgence of businesses in her community of Council Grove.

HAYS, Kansas — This town’s water problem couldn’t be put off any longer. After an especially dry year, the wells that pumped water to Hays ran dangerously low in early 1992.

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis appealed for unity in the Catholic Church on Tuesday as he marked the 60th anniversary of the Second Vatican Council, lamenting the divisions that its modernizing reforms spawned as the work of the devil.