TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly on Wednesday vetoed a measure tucked into a spending bill that would have allowed Kansas legislators to reconsider a decision not to join the state pension system…

CHANUTE — Neosho County Sheriff Greg Taylor has requested the state investigate Neosho County Attorney Linus Thuston for suspected “criminal activity,’” the Chanute Tribune reported. Taylor did not spell out specifics, telling the newspaper only…

HAVEN, Kan. (AP) — Investigators have labeled the cause of a fire and explosions at a Haven gas plant as undetermined, the Kansas Fire Marshal’s office said. However, no foul play is suspected in the…

TOPEKA — After 25 years at the helm of Washburn University, Jerry Farley says he will retire effective Sept. 30. Farley, the longest-tenured Washburn University president, has led the school since 1997. He said Monday…

TOPEKA — Under a new Kansas law, those found guilty of child abuse will face harsher penalties in line with other severe crimes. House Bill 2508, signed into law Monday by Gov. Laura Kelly, amends…

WINFIELD, Kan. (AP) — Three sheriff’s deputies were wounded by gunfire and a suspect was killed during a shootout in central Kansas on Friday, law enforcement authorities said. Cowley County Sheriff David Falletti said the…

TOPEKA — Gov. Laura Kelly vetoed hot-button bills sought by Republicans to ban transgender females from sports, adopt an educational bill of rights for parents, raise the barrier to eligibility for food stamps and broaden…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Jon Wefald is being remembered as “a human dynamo,” a Kansas State University president for more than two decades who increased its enrollment, improved academic programs and boosted research funding —…

MANHATTAN — Heat Biologics founder Jeff Wolf considers construction of a $650 million, 500-employee commercial vaccine production plant in Manhattan focused on quick reaction to natural or man-made biological threats to be a U.S. national…

TOPEKA — Psychologist Shawna Wright said only four of the state’s 105 counties have enough behavioral health professionals to meet demands of the population, and that shortage contributes to looping of mentally ill people in…