Patrick Mahomes is beginning his role as his franchise’s quarterback in a different way than many, and not because of his arm strength, hairstyle or love of his pit bull. No, this involves other factors,…

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) — An Overland Park official admits he was mistaken about who paid for a $132,000 sculpture at the city’s community center that was damaged by a young boy. City spokesman Sean…

(AP) — A potentially quiet silly season for coaching moves can quickly turn into whirlwind of big openings. That was the case last year when Nebraska and Florida descended into tumultuous seasons and fired third-year…

Bill King was nominated Tuesday evening to succeed Tom Williams as Allen County commissioner representing the Second District. Williams resigned with more than two years remaining in his four-year term to accept a position in…

Allen County commissioners agreed Tuesday to pay half the cost for an appraisal of about 250 acres contained in the old Lehigh Cement Company complex, including its 100-acre lake created more than 40 years ago…

McKinley Elementary School kindergarten teacher Shelly Meadows helps Brendon Sekavec sign his name during an open house at the school Tuesday, the evening before classes began for students in grades pre-K through fifth, and ninth…

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas Gov. Jeff Colyer says he will endorse Republican nominee for governor Kris Kobach after conceding in the state’s GOP primary in a surprise announcement a week after their neck-and-neck finish…

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — In a night of firsts, Democrats in Vermont’s primary chose the nation’s first transgender gubernatorial nominee. In Minnesota, they picked a woman who would be the first Somali-American member of…

William Holeman, a student at Marmaton Valley High School and member of FFA, was awarded a $2,000 scholarship from the John Deere Dealer Legacy program. Holeman plans to use the funds to attend Kansas State…

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A priest raped a 7-year-old girl while he was visiting her in the hospital after she’d had her tonsils removed. Another priest forced a 9-year-old boy into having oral sex, then…