• Hawks’ Jalen Johnson (Ankle), Onyeka Okongwu (Toe) Out Indefinitely

    Atlanta Hawks forward Jalen Johnson (ankle) and Onyeka Okongwu (toe) are out indefinitely and will miss the Eastern Conference play-in tournament because of their injuries. Johnson, 22, will miss at least three weeks after spraining his right ankle Tuesday night against the Miami Heat. He missed six straight games last month after suffering an ankle […]

    • KCTV

    Gardner police chase shuts down I-35 at the Gardner Rd exit

    A police chase has shut down the I-35 highway near the Gardner Road exit after shots were fired at an officer in another county. According to the Johnson County Sheriffs Office, I-35 is closed in both directions.

    • CNBC

    Johnson & Johnson tops quarterly profit estimates as medical device sales jump

    The company is benefiting from a rebound in demand for nonurgent surgeries among older adults, who deferred those procedures during the Covid pandemic.

  • Community mourning recent loss of Johnson County high school coach Terrale Johnson

    Terrale Johnson, 29, who’d been an All-Big 12 performer at K-State, died unexpectedly on Saturday.

    • Quartz

    Johnson & Johnson's bet on heart devices boosted sales — but it still missed analysts' expectations

    Johnson & Johnson’s recent investments in medical devices helped boost sales, but the company’s total revenue in the first quarter of the year failed to beat Wall Street expectations. Its stock fell 2%to about $144 on Tuesday, following the healthcare giant’s recent quarterly earnings report. The company’s medical device segment experienced the biggest growth in the company during the three months ending March 31, up 4.5% year-over-year to $7.8 billion. Johnson & Johnson said the growth was...

  • Trump says Marjorie Taylor Greene "respects" Mike Johnson, but Marge says nope — Johnson is "full of sh t" (video)

    After a long week of bitter infighting among House Republicans — with the rabid Marjorie Taylor Greene nipping at Speaker Mike Johnson's heels — Johnson flew to Mar-a-Lago today to hide behind Donald Trump. And amusingly, after the speaker and Trump met in private, Trump played the part of peacemaker. — Read the rest

  • Speaker Johnson Unveils Scheme to Bring Ukraine Vote to House Floor Speaker Johnson Unveils Scheme to Bring Ukraine Vote to House Floor

    Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) unveiled a gambit to burst a legislative logjam and unleash a four-vote flood including a standalone vote on tens of billions in American taxpayer aid to Ukraine.

  • Scott D. Johnson

    July 18, 1960-April 15, 2024 Scott D. Johnson, 63, passed away from natural causes unexpectedly on April 15, 2024, at his home in Ivins, Utah. He was born on July 18, 1960, in Mitchell, South Dakota to Earl and Audrey Johnson. He married Karen Mast in Columbus, Ohio, on June 6, 1987. Scott worked 35 […]

  • Jideen Gardner Sumner

    July 10, 1931-April 7, 2024 Jideen Gardner Sumner passed peacefully away on Sunday, April 7, 2024. She lived a life devoted to our Heavenly Father and her loving family. Jideen was born on July 10, 1931, to James E. and Maudeen Gardner, in Price, Utah. She treasured her younger sister Joyce and felt her loss […]

  • Updates on the effort to oust Johnson

    Rep. Thomas Massie said conservatives would "probably not" start the clock on Saturday on a vote to oust Mike Johnson from the speakership. "Maybe," he added, as he got onto an elevator in the Capitol, less than an hour before the House is set to vote on foreign aid bills. The Kentucky Republican is one of three hardliners who have endorsed a push to boot Johnson, but the timing of when they will try to force a vote is unclear. Once they trigger it, the GOP leader will need help from Democrats...

  • Speaker Johnson's Ignominious Betrayal

    Speaker Johnson's Ignominious Betrayal Authored by David Stockman via David Stockman's Contra Corner, Speaker Johnson’s ignominious betrayal of fiscal sanity might well be the death knell for the GOP. He is apparently risking his speakership on behalf of $95 billion of foreign aid boondoggles that Uncle Sam cannot remotely afford, and which actually provide zero benefit to the homeland security of America. And we do mean zero, as in nothing, nichts, nada, nyet and nugatory, as we...

  • Nora Johnson - The smallest timeshare

    Imagine owning a holiday home, but only for half the year, with someone else taking over the rest! Sounds strange, right? Well, that’s the peculiar reality of Pheasant Island, a minuscule piece of land sandwiched between Spain and France that switches countries every six months. It’s the tiniest patch of jointly ruled land on the […]