LEAVENWORTH — Nestled into the crook of a wooded two-lane highway on the edge of northeast Kansas, a complex of concrete and barbed wire sits mostly vacant — for now. For over a decade, the Leavenworth Detention Center held federal inmates awaiting trial. But that chapter closed in 2021, ...
UPDATED 3:15 P.M. APRIL 21 A financial technology company has reached a deal for a major office at the former Sprint campus in Johnson County as part of its plans to locate 2,000 jobs in Kansas. Fiserv Inc. — a publicly traded company that provides computer technology to banks and other ...
TOPEKA — More than 70% of abortions performed in 2024 in Kansas were for out-of-state residents, according to monthly estimates of clinician-provided abortions in states without total bans. Overall, Kansas was among the top five states in the country with the most substantial increases in ...
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Missouri State safety Todric McGee died early Saturday from what authorities said was a possible accidental and self-inflicted gunshot wound. He was 21. Cris Swaters, spokesperson for the Springfield Police Department, said officers responding to a request for a wellness ...
TOPEKA — Approval of a last-minute addition to Kansas’ state budget took the gambling and sports betting sphere by surprise, leaving the future of the industry in the state uncertain. The Kansas Legislature Friday passed the state budget bill, which included a provision that bans the ...
The University of Kansas was one of the top 60 universities in the country in terms of creating new inventions in 2024, reaching a new high in the brief history of the National Academy of Inventors report. KU was 59th in the country in the recent NAI report that measures the number of utility ...