With election day nearing, Douglas County Clerk Jamie Shew told the Journal-World his office has been working to dispel misinformation that has been getting to voters. As residents are being asked to cast their general election ballots during a global pandemic, Shew said he and his office ...

BELLE PLAINE (AP) — Kansas voters will have more options this year to cast their ballot, easing the pressure on fewer available in-person polling sites on Election Day amid pandemic concerns that have closed traditional voting locations in many churches and nursing homes, election officials ...

TOPEKA — The two doctors running for the U.S. Senate in Kansas are offering very different prescriptions for increasing access to affordable health care during the coronavirus pandemic. Both Republican Roger Marshall and Democrat Barbara Bollier want to make big changes to the nation’s ...

Kansas’ deadline to register to vote in the Nov. 3 general election is just a week away: Tuesday, Oct. 13. In the meantime, staff members at the Douglas County Jail are helping inmates register and request advance ballots. Kansas residents 18 and older who are United States citizens are ...

WICHITA (AP) — Charities are stepping up to help local officials run elections across the nation, including in Kansas, during the coronavirus pandemic. Sedgwick County, the state's second most populous county, has received a $816,458 grant from the nonprofit Center for Tech and Civic Life to ...

While the current Douglas County Commission has discontinued its plan to expand the county jail, candidates vying to fill two of the three seats on the commission say the work on criminal justice is not finished. Opposing candidates running for the open 3rd District seat of the County ...