MISSION — The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Kansas jumped by 568, fueled in part by outbreaks in day cares, schools and sports. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment said Friday that there were now 13,538 cases, up 4.3% from Wednesday and 12% from last Friday. The state ...
Updated at 10:25 a.m. Friday KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Jackson County Executive Frank White plans to ask county officials to remove statues of Andrew Jackson that stand in front of two county courthouses. White issued a statement about the statues late Thursday, shortly after two men were arrested ...
WICHITA — Spirit AeroSystems is extending a temporary layoff of about 900 employees as it grapples with the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic and the grounding of the Boeing 737 MAX About 900 employees who were on a three-week furlough that was to end in early July will now be ...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Decades after influential developer J.C. Nichols kept Black and Jewish people and other minorities out of subdivisions he built that transformed the Kansas City region, protests over the death of George Floyd might lead to his name being removed from one of the city's most ...
Updated at 3:44 p.m. Thursday Information detailing the location of COVID-19 outbreaks both in Douglas County and in the state of Kansas continues to be shielded from the public eye. Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health and the Kansas Department of Health and Environment in recent days have ...
TOPEKA — Kansas on Wednesday saw its largest jump in coronavirus cases in more than six weeks, an increase of more than 500 cases in two days. The state health department reported the spike two days after Gov. Laura Kelly urged local officials to postpone lifting their last restrictions on ...
BELLE PLAINE — The top election official in Kansas violated the state's open records law by refusing to release the names of people who cast provisional ballots or say whether their votes were counted, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday. The American Civil Liberties Union sued Kansas ...
BOISE, Idaho — Hundreds of thousands of dollars in coronavirus relief payments have been sent to people behind bars across the United States, and now the IRS is asking state officials to help claw back the cash that the federal tax agency says was mistakenly sent. The legislation ...
OKLAHOMA CITY — Izzy Simons has been fired up about the prospect of driving on his own. The 15-year-old has craved the freedom a license promises. He has proudly and effectively maneuvered the family's vehicles around the church parking lot and beyond, and he's confident he'll pass his test ...
GREAT BEND — A local prosecutor who was the son of one of Roger Marshall's business partners helped the future western Kansas congressman and U.S. Senate candidate reduce a misdemeanor reckless driving conviction in 2008 to a conviction for a less serious traffic infraction. The reckless ...
TOPEKA — Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly is advising counties to delay moving into the next phase of reopening, citing data that shows COVID-19's spread in the state is trending upward for the first time in weeks. On Monday, when the state was originally slated to move into Phase Four under Kelly's ...
Amid a pandemic that has slowed efforts to count Americans, more than a third of Kansas households haven’t yet responded to the U.S. Census. In some counties, especially in rural areas, less than half of the population has filled out the forms that help steer billions in federal dollars and ...
OVERLAND PARK — More than 200 employees at the former Sprint headquarters in Overland Park, Kansas, have been laid off just two months after the company merged with T-Mobile. A June 17 notification to regulators shows T-Mobile cut 241 positions at the headquarters, The Kansas City Star ...
Story updated at 5:19 p.m. Monday: Gov. Laura Kelly on Monday announced the immediate resignation of Kansas Department of Labor Secretary Delia García after the department saw months of continued struggle in processing unemployment claims for those who lost jobs because of the COVID-19 ...
As the University of Kansas plans for in-person classes in the fall after a COVID-19-induced hiatus, many students and employees aren't entirely comfortable with the idea of returning to campus. That's according to an informal survey conducted by the Journal-World in the last two weeks. Nearly ...
Belle Plaine — A judge on Friday ruled that a lawsuit can move forward against a Wichita police officer who fatally shot an innocent man in 2017 while responding to a hoax emergency call stemming from a dispute between two online gamers. The death of 28-year-old Andrew Finch drew national ...
TOPEKA — Kansans struggling to find work amid the coronavirus pandemic can receive unemployment for 13 more weeks. The Kansas Department of Labor announced Thursday that the state has qualified for a program that provides federal reimbursement for extended benefits during periods of high ...
TOPEKA — Three Republicans running seeking their party's nomination for U.S. Senate in a competitive Kansas primary have launched ads opposing transgender rights. Former Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach said if elected he would offer legislation to withhold federal funds from ...
All individuals on the University of Kansas campus, effective immediately, will be required to wear a face covering to slow the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, KU Provost Barbara Bichelmeyer said Thursday. The KU policy office is in the process of drafting new personal safety requirements for ...
Story updated at 4:33 p.m. Wednesday TOPEKA — Health officials are reporting 41 cases of the coronavirus and one death linked to funeral services and visitations in Topeka's Shawnee County. The positive cases include residents from five different counties, the Shawnee County Health ...