Joined Associated Press, 1986; Topeka correspodent since 1999. University of Kansas graduate, BA in journalism. Proud father of a grown (and paid) theater kid.
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Tulsa businessman Mike Mazzei narrowly won the Republican nomination for Oklahoma governor on Tuesday after getting a boost from President Donald
By: John Hanna
Kimberly Rorabaugh meets Veronica, who had been up for adoption for five months at the Humane Society in Houston. [AP PHOTO/LEKAN OYEKANMI]
By: Sarah Raza, John Hanna
The U.S. has reopened a border crossing in Arizona to cattle from Mexico as part of a broader effort by the Trump administration to reduce near-record-high beef prices. But economists doubt the move will mean much to prices shoppers see at grocery stores. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has said concerns about the New World screwworm's spread lessened enough to allow Mexican cattle to cross the border at Douglas, Arizona, starting Monday. While Mexico has traditionally exported 1.1 million head of cattle a year to the U.S., economists say the biggest problem is that the U.S. cattle herd is the smallest in 75 years.
By: JOHN HANNA
EMPORIA, Kan. (AP) — Adam Hamilton has spent decades trying to bring people to Jesus as founder of the nation's largest United Methodist church.
By: John Hanna
EMPORIA, Kan. (AP) — Adam Hamilton has spent decades trying to bring people to Jesus as founder of the nation's largest United Methodist church.
By: John Hanna
Adam Hamilton is the founder of the nation's largest United Methodist church, and he's attempting to pull off an unusual balancing act in running as a Democrat for the U.S. Senate
By: John Hanna
The first New World screwworm outbreak in Texas in 60 years is hindering efforts to move rescued dogs and cats out of crowded animal shelters to states where they would be adopted. U.S. officials have emphasized the parasite's threat to the nation's $113 billion cattle industry, but the screwworm fly can lay eggs that hatch into flesh-eating larvae in the wounds or mucous of any mammal. Several dogs have had infestations in southern Texas and southeastern New Mexico. All but a handful of states have placed new restrictions on importing animals. That's complicating the annual flow of dogs and cats from Texas to other states.
By: John Hanna
First-Ever Happy Valley Individual to be Contested Simultaneously on the White Course
By: John Hanna
Freshman and State College local Maddie Koshko Won the First-Ever Happy Valley Individual Following Back-to-Back 68s, while Penn State Finished Tied for 3rd at the 50th Nittany Lion Invitational
By: Steve Scott, John Hanna, Chris Plante
TOPEKA – Governor Laura Kelly has officially proclaimed September 14–18, 2026, as Construction Suicide Prevention Week in Kansas
