State and Region

Mail delivery suspended in Kansas neighborhood after 2 men attack postal carrier

WICHITA — Mail delivery has been suspended in a neighborhood in Kansas after two men assaulted a postal carrier who used pepper spray to stop large dogs from chasing him. Residents of the 41 affected addresses in Wichita now have to pick up their mail at the nearest post office, said Paul ...

Many homeless Kansans have jobs but can’t afford a place to live

FRANKLIN COUNTY, Kansas — Julie Riggins has spent much of her adult life looking for housing to avoid being homeless. Despite earning a paycheck during many of those years, Riggins rarely had enough money to afford rent for the housing that was available. Although she was working at gas ...

As Kansas farms grow bigger, more people leave and rural life gets lonelier

Larned — Tom Giessel vividly remembers growing up in the 1960s as a Kansas farm kid on the High Plains. In his memories, this place that some refer to as “the middle of nowhere” was teeming with life. It was a place where nature and his family interacted directly. He viewed farming as ...