Kansas News

Dozens of illegal gambling machines have been destroyed after they were confiscated from a supplier who had placed them in businesses across Kansas.

A Norton man was killed in a one vehicle accident late Thursday evening. Highway Patrol troopers said the accident happened on Kansas Highway 23, seven miles south of Hoxie.

Train whistles sounded as railcars filled with wheat slowly moved eastward along the tracks, headed for export to Mexico via Dodge City.

Gov. Mark Parkinson has directed flags across Kansas to fly at half-staff from now until sundown November 14 in recognition of the death of former Kansas Gov.

TOPEKA, Kan. - A group of economists and policy-makers slashed Kansas tax collection estimates Thursday by $235 million, reflecting signs of continued weakness in the state economy.

A man suspected of sexually assaulting more than 12 women in New Mexico and Texas and trying to kill a Pueblo police officer has prompted inquiries from investigators in Colorado and Kansas, authorities said this week.

Prison officials say the escapee, named Daisy, is a female Belgian Malinois , resembling a German shepherd in shape and size.

State and federal officials say Kansas has great potential for developing wind power but lacks enough transmission lines to spur further development of renewable energy.

A former mayor of Salina and current Congressional candidate denies allegations of sexual harassment.

Kansas Medical Center in Andover and Preferred Health Systems have signed a contract making the medical center part of the PHS network.

With hundreds of new jobs at stake, Kansas officials are keeping an eye on the competition for an Air Force contract to build a new refueling plane.

More than 600 Finney County families will benefit from a $4.25 million grant recently awarded to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.

A California man has been sentenced to almost four years in prison for drug trafficking after a drug-sniffing dog led investigators to a bundle of mailed cash that smelled of marijuana.

State health officials say two more Kansans infected with the swine flu virus have died, bringing the total number of deaths in the state to 14.The latest two deaths were a 72-year-old man from northeast Kansas and a 53-year-old woman from the Wichita area.The Kansas Health and Environment says both people had underlying health conditions that put ...

Hogan's Pharmacy owners Mark and JoLane Poindexter entered no contest pleas Monday.

Sam Brownback said Monday. Brownback, along with state and local leaders, formally announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Arthropod-Borne Animal Disease Research Laboratory is moving to Manhattan from Laramie, Wyo.

Online auction house eBay said it has begun taking down several items of anti-abortion memorabilia posted to raise funds for the man accused of killing a Kansas abortion doctor.

Monday, November 02, 2009 Kansas Senate Majority Leader Derek Schmidt wants to allow more cases to be settled in small claims court.

For a brief hour, rays of sunshine win the battle with a cold South Dakota mist, and the result is a full rainbow, its arc touching two points on the rolling range.

A federal research lab that investigates animal diseases spread by insects, spiders and other bugs is moving to Kansas.