MISSION, Kan. (AP) — An 18-year-old football player was charged Saturday in a shooting that wounded an administrator and a school resource officer at a suburban Kansas City high school. The Johnson County prosecutor’s office…

TOPEKA — Family and child advocates gave lawmakers plenty of reasons to eliminate the tax burden on food during a hearing Wednesday in the House on competing sales tax reforms. The sales tax is regressive,…

TOPEKA — Kansas State Treasurer Lynn Rogers recommended the state’s public pension system respond to the Russian invasion of Ukraine by divesting a $35.9 million investment in Russian securities. Rogers, who serves on the nine-member…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republican lawmakers moved ahead Thursday with trying to end a three-day grace period for Kansas voters to mail in their ballots, advancing a measure that one voting-rights activist called “madness.” A…

TOPEKA — The Kansas Supreme Court on Friday rejected Attorney General Derek Schmidt’s request to dismiss lawsuits filed in Wyandotte and Douglas counties over redrawn congressional districts. The lawsuits argue that a map endorsed by…

TOPEKA — The half billion dollars in state tax collections during February came in nearly $19 million above bullish estimates revised three months ago to reflect revenue growth. The Kansas Department of Revenue said the…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A second Kansas City worker has died from injuries after a trash truck crashed and caught fire, police said.  The crash happened Tuesday morning as the trash truck tried to…

TOPEKA — Douglas County Sheriff Jay Armbrister says first responders carry a lifetime of scars, mental and physical, from experiences in the field that require years of healing. It is the mental traumas from the…

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Energy giant BP is seeking to appeal a decision that allowed a small Kansas town’s lawsuit over soaring natural gas prices in February 2021 to proceed.  BP, formerly known as British…

It’s a familiar scene each winter in many rural communities. The annual farm show means combines, tractors, livestock pens and lots of baked goods brought together under one roof. It’s a chance for businesses to…