Tag: Kansas

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Attorney General Derek Schmidt says the U.S. Supreme Court’s fall docket includes three Kansas cases. Schmidt announced Monday that it is the first time in modern Kansas history the state has…

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The government’s latest crop update says 81% of the winter wheat in Kansas has now been harvested. The National Agricultural Statistics Service said Monday that the wheat harvest is still behind…

Dear editor, I was quite concerned when Mr. Larry Walden approached the city council to remove a stoplight at the intersection of Madison and Buckeye, saying it was no longer necessary because students no longer…

Most Kansans are aware of former Governor Sam Brownback’s failed tax experiment, but fewer know of his equally flawed experimentation with the lives of Kansas children and families in poverty. Beginning in 2011, Brownback initiated…

TOPEKA — They’re here in Kansas. CBD products with a bit of that oh-so-taboo THC in them. To vape, to put under your tongue. Some retailers argue those products became legal on July 1 because…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas Supreme Court justice whose votes for abortion rights and against the death penalty made him a political target plans to retire in three months, allowing Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly…

MULVANE, Kan. (AP) — Some drivers got a surprise windfall when a malfunctioning toll machine spat out coins instead of accepting money near a Kansas casino. The Wichita Eagle reports that Kansas Turnpike Authority spokeswoman…

LAHARPE — Like his older brother before him, Cannon Barney is using his Scouting pursuits to help improve the LaHarpe City Park. And like his older brother, young Barney will not get to stick around…

One might think the end of her first legislative session as Kansas governor would give Laura Kelly some relief. “Oh, not much,” she said. “We’ve been extraordinarily busy.” With lawmakers out of town until January,…

HUMBOLDT — At age 2, Sandy Hurst was diagnosed with polio. Dr. Herbert Webb visited each day she was in the hospital and again at home, back when doctors made house calls. His grim appraisal:…