State and Region

Future of Chiefs, Royals in KC could hinge on Tuesday vote to help with stadium funding

Updated at 11:55 a.m. April 2, 2024 KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The future of the Royals and Chiefs in Kansas City was being shaped Tuesday as residents of Jackson County, Missouri, voted on whether to extend a sales tax to help to pay for a new downtown ballpark and major renovations to Arrowhead ...

Third employee of weekly newspaper in Kansas sues over police raid that sparked a firestorm

MISSION — An office manager at a weekly newspaper in Kansas is the latest employee to sue over a police raid last year that sparked a firestorm. Cheri Bentz alleges in the suit filed Friday in federal court that she was unlawfully detained and interrogated, and had her cellphone seized. Two ...

To save water in the Ogallala aquifer, look to parts of Kansas already using less

LIBERAL — Through the parched region of the High Plains that lives and dies by groundwater, states are paying attention to western Kansas to see how farmers are managing with less water. Farmers are increasingly feeling the pressure to find answers to an emptying aquifer as more of their ...