TOPEKA — The SPARK executive board of state officials and business advisers agreed to move ahead Monday with allocation of federal funding for $100 million in commercial building infrastructure projects and $50 million in direct…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas officials continue working to speed up the distribution of aid money to help people avoid eviction. More than 40% of the $169 million allocated to the state program has been…

Fires that erupted across Kansas continued to burn Thursday as the state responded to a  wind-whipped storm that also churned up dust and reduced visibility for drivers, causing three fatalities. Fires in 11 counties from…

TOPEKA — Steve Stites is nervous. Hospitals, he says, are “full, full, full.” The chief medical officer for the University of Kansas Health System is monitoring a steep climb in COVID-19 hospitalizations, almost entirely from…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas’ state health department has identified a potential case of COVID-19 caused by the omicron variant, Gov. Laura Kelly said Wednesday. Kelly told reporters after a public event that health officials…

TOPEKA — Dramatic shortage of substitute teachers in Kansas public schools due to the COVID-19 pandemic is prompting the Kansas State Department of Education to consider temporarily modifying license requirements for people seeking part-time work…

MISSION, Kan. (AP) — Carolyn Burnett is bracing for her first Christmas without her son Chris, a beloved high school football coach whose outdoor memorial service drew a crowd of hundreds. The unvaccinated 34-year-old father…

TOPEKA – Nicholas J. Smith, 34, St. Paul, has been indicted on bank fraud charges by a federal grand jury in Topeka. The U.S. District Court returned seven counts of bank fraud and four counts…

TOPEKA — Kansas legislative leaders and the governor Thursday approved $14.9 million to extend state testing programs through the end of the year. With COVID-19 cases rising in Kansas and the omicron variant looming, the…

LABETTE COUNTY, Kan. (AP) — Voters Labette County managed to do something that state law makes difficult when they voted earlier this month to recall their county commissioner. The vote to remove Labette County Commissioner…