After dipping out of the top 10 for the first time — to 23rd in 2018 — Douglas County has climbed back to the 17th healthiest county in Kansas this year. Since the County Health Rankings & Roadmaps began in 2011, Douglas County had never ranked below ninth prior to its drop in 2018. ...
Story updated at 8:07 p.m. Tuesday, March 19, 2019: Topeka — Posts on a Kansas judge’s Twitter feed that included vulgar language and criticism of President Donald Trump prompted Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly to withdraw his nomination Tuesday for the state’s second-highest court and ...
Updated story - Kansas governor withdraws judge’s nomination for appeals court after outcry over tweets Story updated at 7:14 p.m. Monday TOPEKA — Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly's nomination of a trial judge to Kansas' second-highest court appeared doomed Monday after two key Republican ...
WICHITA — A federal appeals court is refusing to toss out a lawsuit filed by two female students alleging Kansas State University refused to investigate their rapes and other sex assaults at off-campus fraternity houses. The U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Monday that the women had ...
WICHITA — A Kansas Department of Transportation worker who posted a tweet from the agency's official Twitter account criticizing President Donald Trump is no longer employed by the department, the agency said. The tweet on Sunday came in response to a tweet from Trump that criticized Fox ...
Story updated at 3:31 p.m. Monday SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH — Kansas' solicitor general on Monday called on a federal appeals court to reinstate the state's law requiring people to provide proof of citizenship before they can register to vote, saying problems with how it was enforced during the ...
KANSAS CITY — Seventy hours a week got old. Fast. So did working multiple jobs. So Joseph Cowsert wept tears of joy and relief the day he got word while bathing his baby daughter that UPS was offering him a 40-hour-a-week position in web development. “It was like a burden lifted off of ...
Hutchinson — Pamela Yoder’s winter hobby has become wrapping people in squares of love. Yoder, of rural Reno County, has been sewing and distributing lap blankets to a pair of Hutchinson hospice services for use by their clients and families. Though primarily self-taught, Yoder, 55, ...
Dodge City — Unlike many other rural cities, Dodge City is experiencing a strong economy that is making it an anchor in Kansas’ southwest region. The city, which has long marketed its Old West ties, has in recent years completed $86 million in renovations to its schools, a new $12 million ...
Hundreds of Kansas farms are hoping to be part of a historic first season of legal hemp production in the state this spring, according to the Kansas Department of Agriculture. Heather Lansdowne, communications director for the department, said 370 Kansas farms filed applications by the March 1 ...
TOPEKA — In a second hearing before Kansas lawmakers, a bill to legalize medical marijuana was opposed Friday by state law enforcement agencies, an addiction specialist and a doctor. The bill — Senate Bill 113 — was filed by state Sen. Tom Holland, D-Baldwin City, and supported by local ...
TOPEKA — Gov. Laura Kelly has nominated a southeast Kansas judge who previously served in the Legislature for a seat on the state Court of Appeals. Kelly announced Friday that she selected Labette County District Judge Jeffry Jack for the state's second-highest court. His appointment ...
Several proponents for the legalization of medical marijuana in Kansas, including local lawmakers Sen. Tom Holland and Rep. Jim Karleskint, told a Senate committee on Thursday that the remedy could help U.S. military veterans deal with various ailments they suffer from as a result of their ...
TOPEKA — Two Republican-controlled committees of the Kansas Legislature have stripped Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly's proposed state spending for Medicaid expansion out of budget legislation. The Senate Ways and Means Committee voted 7-6 on Thursday to remove $14 million from a proposed budget ...
WASHINGTON — Kansas' two Republican U.S. senators have split over supporting President Donald Trump's declaration of an emergency at the U.S.-Mexico border. Sen. Jerry Moran was among 12 Republican senators joining Democrats in passing a resolution that would terminate Trump's declaration on ...
Story updated at 9:45 p.m. Thursday, March 14, 2019: TOPEKA — Republican legislators in Kansas helped advance Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly's plan to boost funding for public schools Thursday before sending her an income tax relief bill that could make it harder for the state to sustain the ...
Horton — A northeast Kansas hospital run by an embattled health management company has shut down operations after struggling for months without enough funds to pay its employees or buy medication and food for patients. The city of Horton’s only medical provider, Horton Community Hospital, ...
TOPEKA — The conservatives who dominate the Kansas Legislature voted Wednesday to tell New York's leaders just how much they hate the Empire State's new law expanding abortion rights, ignoring Democrats who called the endeavor a toothless waste of time and money. The Kansas House voted 85-38 ...
TOPEKA — A bill that would require clergy to be mandatory reporters of suspected sexual assault received broad support during its first hearing in the Kansas Legislature. Several people who identified themselves as victims or related to victims of sexual violence spoke Wednesday in support ...
WICHITA — Wichita State University has announced the death of its president after an illness. The university said in a news release that 70-year-old John William Bardo died Tuesday at Wesley Medical Center. He was admitted to the hospital in late November suffering from a chronic lung ...