Wichita — As first-graders file through the cafeteria line at Earhart Elementary School in Wichita, they pick up peaches, broccoli and cartons of milk. Lunch supervisor Rachel Smith helps them with their trays and makes quick notes on her tablet to log names with lunches. You can’t tell ...
TOPEKA — Democrat Paul Buskirk got a taste of Kansas politics during a 2022 campaign for U.S. Senate and plans to build on that experience by turning his attention in 2024 to a bid for the U.S. House seat held by Republican Tracey Mann. Buskirk, who works as a special adviser in the ...
TOPEKA — Health officials warn travelers to watch out for a highly contagious new COVID-19 variant when making plans this month. During a Tuesday update on COVID-19 cases, the University of Kansas Health System reported treating 24 COVID-19 patients this week. Dana Hawkinson, director of ...
DOUGLAS COUNTY – In the Baldwin Woods Forest Preserve south of Lawrence, stately oaks and hickories rise 50 to 100 feet into the air. But far below their canopy, something worries scientists. Other kinds of trees are gradually elbowing out the next generations of this woodland’s iconic ...
The Kansas Highway Patrol must stop using a tactic known as the “Kansas Two-Step” to detain drivers long enough to find a reason to search their vehicles for illegal drugs, a federal judge has ruled. U.S. District Judge Kathryn H. Vratil on Monday granted a permanent injunction. The ...
COFFEYVILLE — A Kansas refinery has agreed to pay more than $23 million for violating the federal Clean Air Act and breaching a 2012 settlement for earlier pollution problems, the U.S. Justice Department and Environmental Protection Agency announced Monday. The federal agencies said the ...