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Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach said Monday he has asked state officials to investigate an immigration reform rally that was held outside his Wyandotte County home.

KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- Everyone calls him Bill Atkinson. Before that, he was Stephen Michael Doe.

"Venice," the futuristic, Shakespeare-inspired hip-hop musical, premiered three years ago at Kansas City Repertory Theatre, began performances in New York on May 28 and officially opened June 13 at the Public Theater in New York as part of the company's developmental LAB series.

The farm-to-library movement gets a jump tonight with Plant the Seed: Urban Grown Farms & Gardens Tour Kickoff.

Speakers at a town hall meeting in Kansas City, Kan., said most Kansans support immigration report - despite the views of Secretary of State Kris Kobach, The Kansas City Star reports.

Nicholas Moeder was in a Kansas City, Kan., park early Sunday when he tripped over the live power line and became entangled in it.

Just three years after The University of Kansas opened its Bioscience and Technology Business Center, construction is beginning on an addition that will more than double the space available for tenants.

More than 5,000 abandoned houses present Kansas City with a pricey problem every summer.

A fast-moving torrent whacked the Kansas City area Saturday, abruptly halting outdoor events, leaving thousands without power and keeping emergency crews hopping with water rescues and downed trees.

Locals contradict Red State hype given that GOP anti-Latino attitudes are changing because they'd like to win a Presidential Election sometime in the next 20 years.

For the past 11 years Starlight Theatre 's educational outreach program recognized high school musical theater students and their productions across the metropolitan Kansas City area with nominations in about 20 categories of competition In some cases nominations for Starlight Theatre's Annual Blue Star Awards were broken into Tier I and II ... (more)

Authorities said eight people were injured, at least two seriously, when a traffic accident Saturday near Lawrence caused a sport utility vehicle to roll end over end.

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Hudson Matthew Wartman is the son of Scott and Christie Wartman of Lawrence. Born May 27, 2013, he has a brother, Jaxson Henry Wartman, 2. Grandparents are Lon and Donna Wartman of Garden City; and Gary and Shirley Hulsing of Topeka.

A former Kansas City, Kan., police detective filed an appeal Friday after losing a lawsuit in which he claimed he was punished for refusing to conceal a motorist's beating by federal agents.

Kansas has become the first state to end public funding of the arts and ...

An Army mom from the Piper area of Kansas City, Kan., is counting her blessings as her son recovers from a suicide bombing attack in Afghanistan on June 3. Sgt.

A Topeka gospel group whose roots run more than 50 years deep will present a concert Saturday night featuring several of the area's top artists.

Two teenagers are charged in a fatal shooting at a Kansas City, Kan., apartment building that also left a suspected co-conspirator dead.

The Kansas City entrepreneur, who has already successfully exited from one venture, is plotting out the next one in a place where first-time startups are the norm.