The Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation is suing the Kansas Lottery for operating machines and selling lottery tickets on its reservation without its permission. The lawsuit alleges the action violates the nation's sovereignty, the 1988 Indian Gaming Regulatory Act and the nation’s own gaming ...

TOPEKA — Kansas cases of a gastrointestinal illness typically caused by an organism on produce rose to 615 as of Wednesday, up about 150 cases from the week before, according to a state infectious disease dashboard. Cyclosporiasis cases nationally rose to more than 6,300 and two deaths ...

It’s a warm summer evening in Wichita, and cars packed with families line up for tickets to the Starlite Drive-In Theater. “Moana,” “Supergirl” and “Toy Story 5” are showing on the theater’s twin screens. Anna McLaughlin drove the hour from Burns to visit the Starlite with her ...

For a dairy cow, the perfect day would consist of lying down for 16 hours chewing cud. At least that’s what dairy farmer Kyler Ohlde near Linn prefers to see when scanning his herd. But the summer heat has been intense recently, driving temperatures up to 110 degrees in parts of Kansas. ...

TOPEKA — Kansas is on course for its smallest winter wheat harvest since the 1950s, with a July report showing the state’s farmers are expected to produce almost half the number of bushels they did at the same time last year, an expert said. A July 10 report from the U.S. Department of ...

TOPEKA — CoreCivic on Wednesday announced the sale of its Leavenworth prison to the federal government, likely negating months of negotiations and a legal battle city officials pursued to ensure the humane treatment of immigrants detained there. Nashville-based CoreCivic announced in a news ...