CHICAGO (AP) — An active-duty soldier from Kansas who was hit by a stray bullet during a shooting outside the White House announced on Tuesday that he plans to sue the Secret Service over his life-threatening injuries. Pfc. Benjamin Del Real Jr., 25, was visiting the capital on May 23 and ...
Union Pacific’s Big Boy No. 4014, the world’s largest operating steam locomotive, will travel through Lawrence once again, this time as part of its coast-to-coast tour to celebrate America’s 250th birthday. On Tuesday and Wednesday, Big Boy will be at Union Station in Kansas City, ...
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment has lifted its blue-green algae health advisory for Clinton Lake. Advisories are lifted when cell densities and toxin concentrations dissipate to levels below the "Watch" thresholds. Clinton Lake was added to the Watch list in June and was ...
TOPEKA — Kansas cases of a foodborne illness that causes explosive diarrhea doubled this week to 55, and a national health agency said cases exceeded 7,000 nationwide. Dana Hawkinson, medical director of infection prevention and control for the University of Kansas Health System, said ...
A few miles outside of Mulvane, truck drivers gather once every summer for a unique kind of rodeo. It’s the state truck rodeo, known more formally as the Kansas Motor Carriers Association’s Truck Driving Championship. Truckers from different companies compete to show off their knowledge ...
TOPEKA — The vacancy rate among Kansas teachers employed by accredited K-12 schools declined 9.1% this spring as more special education, science, math, elementary and other hard-to-fill classroom instructional slots were filled, state officials said. The Kansas State Department of ...