LAWRENCE — A full two-thirds of Kansans say they don’t personally know someone who’s been infected with the coronavirus. Yet an overwhelming number of respondents to a survey say the pandemic remade their lives, mostly…

It wouldn’t be Kansas without wild weather swings every now and again. A powerful cold front proved such a case Tuesday. The National Weather Service reported the temperature in Salina at 3 p.m. was at…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas counties “shouldn’t feel pressure” to loosen restrictions if they aren’t seeing a decline in new coronavirus cases or new hospitalizations, Gov. Laura Kelly said Monday, with cases increasing faster in…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Lansing Correctional Facility is the largest single source of Kansas coronavirus cases, followed by the Tyson Foods meatpacking plant near Garden City, a public health document shows. The Kansas City Star,…

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas education officials are preparing to reopen the state’s schools in the fall but acknowledged that the coronavirus pandemic will force widespread changes. “We want Kansans to know that we will…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A bill giving Kansas lawmakers some oversight of the state’s coronavirus response cleared the House on Wednesday night and is headed to the Senate. The Legislature convened for a special session…

HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) — Part of a Kansas prison was placed on lockdown Wednesday night after a riot in which windows were broken and two staff members and one inmate were hurt. The Kansas Department…

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly is no longer shielding renters and homeowners who are financially strapped because of the coronavirus pandemic from being evicted or having lenders foreclose on their mortgages. Kelly…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas’ Republican attorney general plans to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to allow the state to require new voters to provide papers documenting their citizenship when registering.  Attorney General Derek Schmidt…

COVID-19 cases in Kansas have exceeded 10,000 as of Monday’s report by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment.  Recorded deaths from the virus are 217 with 862 hospitalizations.  The majority of the new cases…