TOPEKA — CoreCivic signed a new contract valued at $60 million a year with Immigration and Customs Enforcement to house migrant detainees at its Leavenworth facility, but the agreement won’t take effect until legal issues…

TOPEKA — Ty Theurer resigned Monday as superintendent of Comanche County schools amid public outrage over allegations he sexually harassed and inappropriately touched a student. School board member Dean Yoder confirmed the board accepted Theurer’s…

TOPEKA — Evergy and the Kansas Department of Commerce are partnering with TerraPower, a nuclear power company founded by Bill Gates, to explore locating an advanced nuclear power plant in the Sunflower State. The three…

TOPEKA — Leavenworth officials aren’t backing down from holding private prison company CoreCivic accountable to development regulations even after the U.S. Department of Justice jumped into the case Tuesday. The DOJ filed a statement of…

TOPEKA — The Kansas Board of Regents approved a proposal from Kansas State University to work with Cowley County Community College to offer an associate degree in milling science after opposition from community and technical…

TOPEKA — The U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday joined a private prison company in its legal fight with Leavenworth city officials, accusing the city of “aggressive and unlawful” interference with immigration enforcement. The DOJ…

TOPEKA — The federal government’s plan to withhold $10 million from a Kansas food assistance program won’t affect recipients and will be delayed while the state files an appeal, the Kansas governor’s chief of staff…

Farm fields across Kansas are turning amber as sorghum crops come to full maturity. The state’s farmers are expecting a bountiful harvest this year thanks to more rain than recent years. But that’s also coming…

TOPEKA — The Kansas Supreme Court swore in a new justice Wednesday, marking Gov. Laura Kelly’s fourth appointee to the bench. After an informal ceremony Wednesday morning at the Kansas Judicial Center in Topeka, Larkin…

Leaders at Kansas State University plan to remove the word “diversity” from the school’s mission statement to comply with a new state law. K-State’s previous mission statement, approved in December 2008, says the university “embraces…