KANSAS CITY, Kan. — In the absence of immediate government response, community organizations in Kansas City, Kansas, banded together to help each other reckon with the effects of a tornado-like storm that damaged homes, trees and power lines without much warning. It wasn’t until later ...

As real estate prices continue to rise in Kansas, many people are turning to manufactured housing because they are less expensive to build, averaging about $123,000 per home. About 4% of Kansans live in these modular homes. Some officials see them as one solution to building more affordable ...

Kathy Fox and her husband live outside of Pittsburg near the Mined Land Wildlife Area. After her husband had a stroke, they had to slow down and started focusing more on the nature around their home. A few years later in 2023, she noticed bright yellow birds — about the size of your hand ...

TOPEKA — The parent company of social media platforms Facebook and Instagram agreed to one of the largest state consumer protection settlements in American history, paying $17.1 billion to most U.S. states and territories and promising to implement sweeping safety features to protect ...

TOPEKA — Rep. Brooklynne Mosley never gets a clear answer when she asks proponents of data centers how closely they want to live near one. That’s because “everyone thinks it’s going to be in someone else’s backyard,” she said. Across the state, fights are erupting in communities ...

TOPEKA — Local government officials consider hyperscale data center development with an eye toward economic benefits and property tax revenue that would allow them to meet Kansas residents’ demands to lower taxes. But in Kansas and nationally, an outcry against data center development is ...