Owning sawed-off shotguns and silencers without federal registration is illegal in Kansas, but state lawmakers and National Rifle Association lawsuits are trying to change that. A bevy of federal lawsuits attempting to overturn the National Firearms…

The blockbuster GLP-1 drugs that have reshaped the treatment of diabetes and obesity may help prevent multiple substance use disorders — and reduce the tragic outcomes they cause, a large new study finds. An analysis published Wednesday in a…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran launched a new wave of attacks against Israel, American bases and countries around the region Thursday, while warning the U.S. would “bitterly regret” torpedoing an Iranian warship. Tehran’s expanding retaliatory…

TOPEKA — Kansas Supreme Court Justice Marla Luckert will retire later this month, an announcement from the court said. Luckert suffered a stroke in October that led to a car accident. She relinquished public-facing duties…

TOPEKA — The Kansas Senate voted Tuesday to clamp down on public school protests by requiring students to secure parental permission to participate and by imposing penalties on districts complicit in organizing protests or meek…

Future plans for the Allen County Airport — including hangar rental rates and construction — drew extended discussion from county commissioners Tuesday. A portion of the conversation centered on local airport tenant Vince Hill, owner…

Iola Elementary School’s first and fourth grades teamed up for a music program at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center Tuesday. The students presented “Everyone Has a Song,” based on the children’s book “Elmer and the…

PARSONS — The makers of a planned mile-deep nuclear reactor will host a public meeting for Parsons and Labette County residents Wednesday, March 12. The meeting is the first such public gathering since Deep Fission,…

If your childhood toys from the 1980s are still tucked away in a closet, attic, or boxed up in a basement, there’s a national museum in Kansas City that might be interested in taking them…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A U.S. submarine sank an Iranian warship in the Indian Ocean, as Washington and Israel intensified their bombardment Wednesday of Iran’s security forces and other symbols of power. Iran launched more missiles and…