State and Region

Fires remain a concern across Kansas after strong wind storm

Fires that erupted across Kansas continued to burn Thursday as the state responded to a wind-whipped storm that also churned up dust and reduced visibility for drivers, causing three fatalities. The storm system on Wednesday carried winds that reached up to 90 mph in some areas. The winds ...

At least 5 dead as Midwest rocked by hurricane-force winds

OMAHA, Neb. — At least five people died as a powerful and extremely unusual storm system swept across the Great Plains and Midwest amid unseasonably warm temperatures, spawning hurricane-force winds and possible tornadoes in Nebraska, Iowa and Minnesota. In southeastern Minnesota, Olmsted ...

Governor: Kansas identifies potential omicron variant case

TOPEKA — Kansas' state health department has identified a potential case of COVID-19 caused by the omicron variant, Gov. Laura Kelly said Wednesday. Kelly told reporters after a public event that health officials believed they had identified two potential omicron variant cases this past ...

Southeast Kansas voters approve rare recall of official

LABETTE COUNTY — Voters in southeast Kansas managed to do something that state law makes difficult when they voted earlier this month to recall their county commissioner. The vote to remove Labette County Commissioner Brian Kinzie from office isn't quite official, but he has conceded that ...