Lenexa, Kansas, you really are violating the First Amendment right to religious freedom by denying Shawnee Mission Unitarian Universalist Church the right to operate a temporary homeless shelter for 40 people during the winter months.…

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Authorities have used ground-penetrating radar to search for evidence in a 20-year-old missing person case. Kansas City, Kansas, police said in a news release that officers searched Monday on an…

Dear editor, My name is Rosemary Bass, and I am writing in favor of the proposed renaming of Coon Creek. I am 90 years old, African American, and have lived in Iola since 1947. My…

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Seven small earthquakes have rattled Kansas since Saturday, with all but one of them clustered near Wichita. The Kansas Geological Survey reports that six of the tremblers were centered in southwest…

TOPEKA, Kan. — When you die, do you want to be buried? Cremated? How about being cryogenically frozen and then vibrated into tiny pieces? If you want to spend the hereafter in Kansas, you may…

The Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism stands to lose millions of dollars after record spring rains led to park closures, property damage and washed-out roads. In most of Kansas, the rain started in…

Margaret White had a puzzled look. When approached about doing an interview for this column, her reply: “Why me? I’m no one special. I’ve never done anything.” Of course, from a reporter’s perspective, everyone has…

The century-long tradition of nonpartisan elections in Kansas suffered a setback in Wichita earlier this month. Many partisans were at fault. Take a look at the facts: First, the incumbent Wichita mayor hires the chair…

Here in the Register newsroom, we’re pretty much split between holding on to the Fillies as the Iola High School girls mascot or lumping them in with the Mustangs. Sports editor Erick Mitchell heavily favors…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A special prosecutor will decide whether to pursue a DUI charge against a Kansas legislator who was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence after his vehicle was found in…