Kansas' top prosecutor said Wednesday that a new executive order from Gov. Laura Kelly restricting the size of religious gatherings amid the coronavirus outbreak likely violates the state constitution. Attorney General Derek Schmidt, a Republican, said in a news release that limiting in-person ...

KANSAS CITY, KAN. — The number dead after a coronavirus outbreak at a Kansas City, Kansas, rehabilitation facility has grown to six with another 50 patients and staff testing positive. Health officials with the Unified Government of Wyandotte County said Wednesday that seven of the sickened ...

Lawrence's downtown farmers' market, which had planned before the coronavirus pandemic to open this Saturday, is delaying its start until May 30. Lawrence Farmers' Market Manager Brian McInerney said organizers decided to delay the opening because of local and state orders to limit public ...

Story updated at 10:34 a.m. Wednesday Lawrence Public Schools will distribute free meals to local children just once more, on Thursday, before shutting down the program for the rest of April, the school district announced Wednesday. The district will also discontinue in-person technology ...

Topeka — Officials are making plans to free some Kansas prison inmates who are close to finishing their sentences amid the coronavirus outbreak. Gov. Laura Kelly said at a news conference Tuesday that “hopefully we will be able to move quite a few of those folks back into their ...

Starting Wednesday, Lawrence Transit passengers will need to board and exit the bus from the rear door as part of new COVID-19-related precautions. The City of Lawrence announced the new protocol in a news release Tuesday, saying it is designed to increase social distancing on buses. The ...

Local health officials announced Tuesday that 38 Douglas County residents have tested positive for COVID-19 since the pandemic began, an increase of two from the previous day. Additionally, LMH Health announced that all patients, visitors and employees must wear masks within the hospital, and ...

As major holidays like Easter and Passover near, religious services in Kansas will now likely have to be conducted virtually, Gov. Laura Kelly announced Tuesday. The unprecedented action to include religious services in an executive order limiting gatherings to 10 people, Kelly said, is among ...

More advice — and more pleas for patience — are flowing from the state officials responsible for getting Kansans signed up for unemployment benefits. “Thank you for your patience with us,” Delía García, secretary of the Kansas Department of Labor, said in a webcast Tuesday. “We ...

Story updated at 2:08 p.m. Tuesday MISSION — A rehabilitation facility in Kansas City, Kan., where four people have died of COVID-19 is one of a few group living facilities in the state that's dealing with coronavirus outbreaks among their vulnerable residents. Health officials for the ...

PARKERSBURG, W.Va. - The nation's banks were still receiving guidance late Thursday evening on the $349 billion federal loan program aimed at helping small businesses stay afloat during the COVID-19 pandemic. On Friday morning, the floodgates opened. "We received some of the guidance Thursday ...

Updated at 5:24 p.m. Tuesday: As most court hearings are delayed indefinitely and the public is encouraged to shelter at home, 14 inmates had been released from the Douglas County Jail as of Monday afternoon, District Attorney Charles Branson said. Only the Douglas County District Court has ...

One of Lawrence’s largest manufacturers will be shut down for at least another three weeks, and many of its approximately 800 employees will need to start filing for unemployment. Hallmark confirmed that its Lawrence production center would be closed until April 27. The company temporarily ...

Lawrence shoppers may have to start standing in line to access some major stores in town. Kroger Co., which operates the Dillons grocery store chain, announced late Monday afternoon that it would start limiting the number of people who can be in their grocery stores across the country. The ...

Updated at 8:33 p.m. Monday: In different times, it would have seemed absurd to call the police because a group of people were playing basketball at the park. But amid the global coronavirus pandemic, orders to stay at home and guidance to stay at least 6 feet away from other people, ...

Officials with Kansas’ unemployment program are now working on adding an extra $600 per week to unemployment checks of Kansas residents, after previously having waited to start the process until they heard more from federal officials. When Kansas residents, though, will start seeing the ...

Local health officials announced Monday that 36 Douglas County residents have tested positive for COVID-19 since the pandemic began, an increase of three from the previous day. There are 23 cases believed to have been contracted through travel, five from local transmission and six from ...

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly on Monday issued perhaps her strongest rebuke of the federal government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic that continues to spread across the globe. As the number of confirmed cases increase, getting personal protective equipment to health care workers has become ...

TOPEKA — Kansas reported 845 confirmed cases of the coronavirus on Monday, about a 100-case increase from the day before. Twenty-five people have died from COVID-19 in the state as of Monday, up from 21 deaths on Sunday. At least 183 people have been hospitalized in Kansas. While Johnson ...

We all probably will have plenty of feelings about 2020, although I likely won’t be able to quote many of them in a family-friendly newspaper. It may be worth remembering, though, that at the beginning of the year we seemed optimistic. At least the latest sales tax numbers from the state ...