State and Region

Daytime closures planned on K-10 in Lawrence

The Kansas Department of Transportation has scheduled temporary closures on Kansas Highway 10 near the Yankee Tank Creek bridge in Lawrence for maintenance work. Conditions permitting, the following will occur on Tuesday: • From 9 to 11 a.m., eastbound K-10 will be closed at Clinton ...

Santa’s space-flown hat is on display at Cosmosphere

TOPEKA — The science behind Santa’s magical ability to traverse the world in one night to deliver toys and joy may always remain a mystery. But possibly, the jolly old fellow might have picked up a tip or two when his hat took a flight aboard Space Shuttle Discovery during a Hubble Space ...

Kansas hemp business owner requests intervention following raid, seizures

TOPEKA — A McPherson County lawsuit filed by a Kansas business owner challenges “unconstitutionally vague” enforcement operations leading to seizure of cash and hemp-derived products at direction of the state’s attorney general and director of the Kansas Bureau of Investigation. KBI ...

Kansas tribe ends nearly $30 million deal with ICE

A Kansas tribe said it has walked away from a nearly $30 million federal contract to come up with preliminary designs for immigrant detention centers after facing a wave of online criticism. The Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation 's announcement Wednesday night came just over a week after the ...