State and Region

Former Senate leader, presidential candidate Bob Dole dies at 98

Updated at 4:15 p.m. Sunday TOPEKA — Bob Dole, who overcame disabling war wounds to become a sharp-tongued Senate leader from Kansas, a Republican presidential candidate and then a symbol and celebrant of his dwindling generation of World War II veterans, has died. He was 98. His wife, ...

President Joe Biden scheduled to visit Kansas City next week

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — President Joe Biden will visit Kansas City on Wednesday to promote his new infrastructure bill, the White House announced Saturday. The White House did not specify the location of the president's visit. It is Biden's first visit to the Kansas City area as president. ...

Kansas congressional delegation splits on latest federal stopgap spending bill

TOPEKA — The Kansas congressional delegation diverged slightly from party-line politics when voting on the latest stopgap bill, which provides funding to federal agencies through mid-February and buys time for negotiations on a spending measure to cover the rest of the fiscal ...

North Carolina State dean to become K-State’s next president

The leader of the agricultural and life sciences programs at North Carolina State University will become the next president of Kansas State University. The Kansas Board of Regents announced Thursday that it has selected Richard H. Linton to lead Kansas State, following the retirement later ...

Kansas man pleads guilty for role in Jan. 6 riot at Capitol

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A northeast Kansas man pleaded guilty Wednesday to a misdemeanor charge for his participation in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. Mark Roger Rebegila, 32, of St. Marys, pleaded guilty to parading, demonstrating or picketing in the Capitol building. In exchange for his ...