State and Region

Kansas is making the 93-mile Flint Hills Trail even better for cyclists

Cyclists will be able to ride nearly 100 miles of uninterrupted trail in eastern Kansas thanks to a new bridge near Ottawa. The Flint Hills Trail runs from Osawatomie to Council Grove. It offers views of riverside bluffs, woods, rolling farmland and the largest remaining tallgrass prairie ...

Lawrence to be site of international conference on civility in politics next month

Scholars from around the globe will come to KU’s Lawrence campus next month with a big goal: Making politics more civil. The University of Kansas will host the international conference Civility and Politics in a Changing World from July 19 to July 21. The conference will feature multiple ...

In several Kansas communities, Laundry Love brings people together, one load at a time

Every second and fourth Tuesday of the month at Spring Clean Laundry in west Wichita, volunteers from local churches set up tables and hand out piles of quarters to anyone who needs help — no questions asked. As the washers churn and dryers spin, people line up for the monthly outreach ...