TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A local public health official plans to close bars and restrict restaurant hours in the state’s largest city and the surrounding area until after Labor Day because of a surge in…

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The Sedgwick County Commission has no immediate plans to follow a White House task force report that lays out additional measures officials should take to slow the spread of COVID-19. A…

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Protesters who oppose a city ordinance requiring that masks be worn in public to prevent the spread of the coronavirus gathered outside Wichita Mayor Brandon Whipple’s home Saturday. The Wichita City…

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The mayor of Kansas’ largest city is upset that his local county commissioners have eased coronavirus restrictions so bars and nightclubs can reopen. Wichita Mayor Brandon Whipple said he wishes cities…

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Sedgwick County told its 2,500 employees in an email Friday that it is looking for people to voluntarily furlough amid the coronavirus pandemic. An email from County Manager Tom Stolz says…

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Advocates are urging Kansas officials to release and safeguard inmates after the state prison system reported its first COVID-19 cases in three staff members and at least one jail worker in…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Shelter-in-place orders are about to take effect for about a third of Kansas’ population to slow the spread of coronavirus, and Gov. Laura Kelly announced Monday that she will tighten restrictions…

BENTLEY, Kan. (AP) — Sedgwick County authorities say a 2-year-old boy died when a vehicle backed over him. Sheriff’s deputies went to a home near Bentley Sunday after receiving a report of an accident at…

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…

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Sedgwick County District Attorney Marc Bennett says he will not file charges against Wichita Mayor Jeff Longwell over gifts the mayor received from companies involved in building the city’s new water…