SALINA — Allen Community College’s Ed Wright hit three free throws with 13 seconds left to lift the Red Devils to a 74-72 win over Johnson County in the Region VI championship today. The championship…

The carve-outs in Friday’s redistricting map are a blatant attempt to divide and conquer the few Democrats who exist in Kansas. Senate Republicans approved a Congressional map that dilutes the state’s two progressive-leaning areas: Lawrence…

TOPEKA — Kansas Republican senators over the course of a three-hour debate Friday countered criticisms of their plan for the state’s congressional district boundaries, passing the controversial “Ad Astra” map. Opponents argued Republican leadership rushed…

OLATHE, Kan. (AP) — The only school district in Johnson County that doesn’t require masks for all students is reporting a higher COVID-19 infection rate among students than other districts in the county, health officials…

MISSION, Kan. (AP) — Lawsuits were filed Friday challenging a mask mandate for students and staff in elementary schools in Kansas’ most populous county and another mandate requiring everyone 5 and older in a small rural county…

OLATHE, Kan. (AP) — Elected officials in Kansas’ largest county are considering whether to get rid of a mask mandate, as a growing number of communities have done in recent weeks, and health officials aren’t…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Officials in Kansas’ judicial system want to establish more special courts aimed at keeping veterans with behavioral, mental health or substance abuse issues out of prison. But they are pursing the…

MISSION, Kan. (AP) — FedEx has confirmed that workers from its facility in the Kansas City suburb of Olathe have tested positive for COVID-19. A spokesperson from FedEx Ground said in a statement Friday that…

NEOSHO FALLS — A lengthy police chase and extended standoff ended with the arrest of a 38-year-old woman who apparently set fire to the house in which she was hiding. Law enforcement officers arrested Tava…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A second COVID-19 death in Kansas was confirmed Saturday, this one in the Kansas City suburb of Johnson County.  State health officials revealed the death in a news release meant to…