KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Six members of a Kansas-based cult have been convicted in a scheme to house children in overcrowded, rodent-infested facilities and force them to work up to 16 hours a day without pay while subjecting them to beatings and other abuse. The defendants were either ...
Suspicious packages were sent to election officials in at least six states on Monday, but there were no reports that any of the packages contained hazardous material. Powder-containing packages were sent to secretaries of state and state election offices in Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Tennessee, ...
The University of Kansas has plans for a $120 million expansion of its architecture and design school, and hopes to win $10 million in state funding next year to spur the project. KU leaders will seek permission from the Kansas Board of Regents this week to ask for that state funding, and ...
PITTSBURG, Kan.— The Rev. Anthony Navaratnam stood before his congregation and urged them to pray for the women from surrounding states who will flock to the new abortion clinic in town that opened in August. "God is giving us an opportunity to be missionaries in Pittsburg, Kansas," he told ...
John Della Volpe is widely regarded as the nation’s leading expert on complicated polling numbers related to Gen Z — America’s youngest voting-age generation that includes teenagers and the slightly-under-30 crowd. But Della Volpe, director of polling at the Institute of Politics at ...
HUTCHINSON — Two people are hospitalized and several others suffered minor injuries after a small explosion caused a fire at a Kansas State Fair concession trailer, police and fair officials said. The explosion happened Tuesday evening at a small trailer selling various types of food at the ...