Kansas News

Look very politically and strategically at the Kansas Legislature fighting its way to adjournment this week or maybe early next week ... and you are looking at a real test of Republican voters in primary elections in August 2014.

District Court LIMITED CIVIL Dismissed: Th case of Midland Funding vs. Theresa Credit, Concordia, has been dismissed without prejudice at plaintiff's costs.

The New York Times describes it as a "slow-motion crisis" - the decades-in-the-making drying up of aquifers beneath Kansas, Texas and other Plains states.

Legislative scorecards like this are important as they let citizens know how legislators have actually voted , which is sometimes different from their campaign rhetoric, and even different from their current proclamations.

Antron Brown knows that you lose a lot of NHRA Mello Yello Series races in a long season, but that doesn't mean the defending NHRA world champion accepts that.

When a racer has to act as driver, crew chief, and owner of a car, some days one of the personalities can drive another batty.

Spencer Massey has made it to the championship round of Top Fuel at the past two NHRA Kansas Nationals at Heartland Park Topeka, and two years ago he left with the winner's trophy.

Core services – The current cost-cutting efforts of state government should spur serious conversation about what Gov.

Selling an island where scientists have experimented with infectious animal diseases since the dawn of the Cold War was going to be difficult enough.

A prominent conservative Kansas legislator has launched what could become the most aggressive campaign to date to rein in the state Supreme Court.

Tornadoes and severe thunderstorms swept across Kansas and Oklahoma on Sunday, uprooting trees, downing power lines and causing structural damage to homes and businesses.

AccuWeather.com reports as many as 15 tornadoes have been reported by the National Weather Service this evening as severe thunderstorms continue across the Plains.

The Kansas Food Bank has given out a record number of its backpacks full of food to students this year.

The Storm Prediction Center has issued a Tornado Watch for much of Kansas, southeastern Nebraska, extreme southwest Iowa, northwest and western Missouri until 10 PM.

Storms in western Kansas dropped tornadoes near communities including Larned and Rozel.

The playfully alliterative headline for this post is spurred by this lengthy and effective local piece headlined "The Kansas death penalty has cobwebs." Here are excerpts: It may be weeks before Kansans know if prosecutors will seek the death penalty for Kyle Flack, accused of killing four people in Franklin County this spring.

Severe thunderstorms and tornadoes developed in west central Kansas Saturday evening, with a tornado that touched down north of Ransom in Ness County.

A Vintage and Experimental Aircraft Fly-In will be Saturday, May 25, at the Amelia Earhart Airport, 16459 286th Road in Atchison.

John Force ended a 19-race No. 1 qualifying slump with a track-record Funny Car run Saturday in the NHRA Kansas Nationals.

Courtney Force and Robert Hight qualified No. 2 and No. 3 on the Funny Car ladder, respectively.