The holiday shopping season is by far the busiest time of year for most shoppers and retail stores -- and the season also generates more than its share of consumer problems. Attorney General Steve Six is warning Kansans today to be smart consumers this holiday season. Full Story »
The Harvey-Marion County Community Developmental Disability Organization Board of Directors will meet for its regular monthly meeting at 4 p.m. Dec. 21 in the commission meeting room at the Harvey County Courthouse. Full Story »
Representatives of Colwich-based ICM Inc. gave a presentation at Monday’s Harvey County Commission meeting, going over updates on their experimental work with a gasifier at the Harvey County landfill. Full Story »
Federal health regulators are investigating reports of dangerous radiation levels at two more California hospitals, following earlier unsafe medical scans at a Los Angeles facility. Full Story »
The Supreme Court on Monday seemed headed toward telling police they must explicitly advise criminal suspects their lawyer can be present during any interrogation. Full Story »
The Harvey County Health Department will have two community clinics this week. />The first will be from 3 to 6 p.m. today at McKinley Administrative Center, 308 E. First St. in Newton, no matter the weather conditions. Full Story »
President Barack Obama is promoting help for highways and small businesses, bridges and energy-efficient homes in a broad pitch to get Americans back to work and roll back the double-digit unemployment that’s approaching a quarter-century high, an administration official said Tuesday. Full Story »
Talk about unnecessary misery: One in five Medicare patients winds up back in the hospital within a month — even worse, one in four patients with heart failure. Full Story »
Stocked and ready to go, the Kansas Department of Transportation is prepared to battle the elements of winter when Mother Nature strikes. Full Story »
Buoyed by a presidential pep talk and intense rounds of negotiations, Senate Democrats hope to move closer to embracing a major health-care bill this week by tackling the nettlesome issue of abortion. Full Story »
Al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden may periodically slip back into Afghanistan from his remote hideout in neighboring Pakistan, a senior White House official says, adding a new twist to the mystery of the elusive terrorist’s whereabouts. Full Story »
The Obama administration plans to cut its estimate of the projected costs of the government bailout program by more than $200 billion and is looking at using part of the savings to fund new job creation efforts. Full Story »
Loading multimedia... Jeree Forbes, left, is the new executive director of Health Ministries in Newton. Next to him is clinic staff member Donna Old, who has served as the clinic’s operating officer for five years. Full Story »
Pushing Americans to receive swine flu vaccinations, the Obama administration on today released a new slate of television and radio ads to counter an illness that already has infected millions. Full Story »
Rotary Club members of Newton and Rotary District 5690 are seeking four outstanding professionals to visit Denmark between Aug. 20 and Sept. 18, 2010, as part of the Group Study Exchange program of The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International. Full Story »
Communities In Schools of Harvey County Inc. recently was notified it will be managing an additional $147,800 to serve kids and families in Harvey County. Full Story »
The Walton City Council will meet at 7 p.m. Monday in the City Office Building. Full Story »
The Harvey County Commission will meet at 9 a.m. Monday in the courthouse. Full Story »
Big Brother Big Sisters of Kansas released a statement concerning the alleged molestation of a Harvey County boy by a Hutchinson man matched with child in a Big Brother Big Sisters program. Full Story »
For those who are tired of “just getting by” and want to change their future, a Getting Ahead class information session will be offered from 7 to 8 p.m. Thursday on the first floor of First Methodist Church, 801 N. Main St. (across from the courthouse). Full Story »
Sabina Porter has haunting memories from living through World War II. Full Story »
Just how difficult is the naturalization test administered by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to become a U.S. citizen? Full Story »
Two years of steep job cuts all but ended last month, unexpectedly pulling down the unemployment rate and raising hopes for a lasting economic recovery. Full Story »
An adviser says the presumed Democratic nominee for Kansas governor remains “100 percent” committed to the race. Amy Jordan Wooden made the statement Friday, after the campaign manager for Republican Sam Brownback called Democratic hopeful Tom Wiggans “a fraud.” Full Story »
The Obama administration is looking to press in early January for a new round of United Nations sanctions against Iran for its continued defiance of demands to come clean about its nuclear program, U.S. officials said Friday. Full Story »
Christmas decorations illuminate Berlin's main shopping streets. AP Photo/Franka Bruns
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