Kansas News

A three-count indictment handed down Wednesday charges Lawrence Simons with unlawful possession of a firearm, ammunition and controlled substances.

This week's tornado that destroyed two elementary schools in Moore, Okla., and resulted in the confirmed deaths of at least nine children, including two infants, is more than enough to prompt communities across the nation to look at their own emergency procedures for schools.

A new legislative proposal to give favored tax treatment in Kansas to groceries failed Wednesday to break a stalemate among top Republican lawmakers on tax issues, prompting GOP Gov.

Three young children who wandered five miles from their southwest Kansas farmhouse have been found safe after a frantic, 15-hour search.

Kansas Division of Emergency Management urges Kansans to stay on alert for more storms after at least five Kansas counties received damage from tornadoes and strong winds over the weekend.

Orange cones and construction crews are already in place on the U.S. 281 bridge just north of the Great Bend city limits as the Kansas Department of Transportation begins to replace the span, a project that could take until next spring.

Wichita's McConnell Air Force Base has been selected to be the main operating base for the Air Force's new KC-46A air refueling tanker.

The nonprofit health system announced the decision Tuesday, saying it will involve layoffs and the elimination of some vacant positions.

TOPEKA, Kan. The annual, community-wide health and wellness fair in downtown Topeka is scheduled for Wednesday, May 22, from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on the south lawn of the Statehouse.

TOPEKA, Kan. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment has scheduled a public participation meeting concerning the proposed Tarkio CD Disposal, LLC, construction and demolition landfill planned for a site along East 56th Avenue in the Zeandale community in Riley County, Kan.

U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kan., is accepting applications for congressional internships in his Washington and Kansas offices for fall 2013.

Bob Peter, city administrator and city attorney for Ellinwood, was named the 2013-14 Kansas Municipal Utilities president at a recent conference.

Kansas House Speaker Pro Tem Peggy Mast, R-Emporia, initially said she didn't recall writing the letter on her office stationery that was sent along with an anti-climate-change book to the homes of Kansas House members.

Kansas military officials are juggling schedules and changing plans to accommodate furloughs of more than 6,000 civilian employees because of federal budget cuts.

A large storm system moved across the Plains and upper Midwest over the weekend, with several tornadoes hitting across parts of Kansas.

On Sunday, at least 25 tornadoes pummeled states across the Midwest and Great Plains.

Gasoline prices have risen dramatically in the past two weeks throughout much of the Midwest.

Despite all the news media attention on the 3 ongoing Obama administration scandals there is a state /federal level battle that is playing out in Kansas between the Governor and the US Attorney General Eric Holder.

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.