TOPEKA — Emergency rooms in most parts of the United States saw more tick bite-related visits than usual in April. For every 100,000 emergency room visits in the Midwest in April, 137 were for tick bites, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. As of May, Midwest ...

Updated at 11:26 p.m., Saturday, June 13, 2026. KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Two men have been charged with one felony count each of receiving stolen property late Saturday after England's national team discovered that some of its equipment had been stolen while The Three Lions were moving from ...

The idea of systemic racism could still be taught in required KU courses, but professors could not urge students to accept the idea as fact, according to a proposed policy under consideration. The Kansas Board of Regents next week will consider a new diversity, equity and inclusion policy for ...

FINNEY COUNTY — Ann Gravatt and Jesse Gronner shook hands, offered food and fielded questions from people around the region curious or skeptical about the Oregon-based company’s plans to build a data center. Locals shuffled around the room to learn about what this project entails. Some with ...

TOPEKA — Two Kansas legislators asked federal energy regulators to ensure competitive bidding occurs on transmission projects, objecting to policies that handed a southcentral Kansas project to investor-owned utility Evergy without a formal bidding process. Speaker of the House Dan Hawkins ...

Meagan Bacon was diagnosed with cancer seven years ago. She credits the staff at the University of Kansas Health System for saving her life. Bacon worked in retail pharmacy at the time, but applied to be a pharmacy technician with the KU Health System in order to help others like ...