Kansas News

Fast-moving storms took their toll on eastern Kansas Wednesday afternoon. Winds topping 70-miles per hour blew over big rigs on Interstate 35 near Ottawa in Franklin County.

Storms Wednesday afternoon caused damage in Anderson and Franklin counties in Kansas.

Gov. Mark Parkinson has appointed Michael Moffet to a second four-year term on the Kansas Corporation Commission.

The state's budget problems means some Kansans aren't getting the new license plates on their cars.

Cases of the 2009 H1N1 influenza A virus have been confirmed in Thomas County adults, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment said Wednesday.

Years ago, Kansas Governor Mark Parkinson was a frequent visitor to his grandparent's wheat farm in Scott County.

President Barack Obama has nominated Kansas' education commissioner for a key job in the U.S. Department of Education that would pull her back to Washington while the state's public schools face budget problems.

Five University of Kansas students have received outstanding achievement awards from the Kansas Geological Survey, based on KU's west campus.

We have received word that a Grand Junction man has been killed in a hit-and-run accident in North-Central Kansas.

This is day 13 of the Kansas Wheat Harvest Reports, brought to you by the Kansas City Board of Trade, DeBruce Grain, the Kansas Grain & Feed Association and Kansas Wheat.

PRATT a ' Those pushing for a museum dedicated to central Kansas' role in training B-29 bombers during World War II are celebrating another step in making the museum a reality.

Kansas officials have agreed to pay $875,000 to settle a federal lawsuit against a former state social worker and her supervisors.

It's a small collection of works by well-known artists. It's a gallery of mostly early 20th century American paintings, sculptures, prints and drawings, a place that houses work by artists like John Steuart Curry.

Friday, July 3, 2009 Gov. Mark Parkinson will be getting the traditional governor's tour of the Kansas winter wheat harvest.

The Kansas Supreme Court has affirmed a lower court ruling that a water district has the right to get a temporary easement to conduct groundwater test drilling on private property.

The survey questioned 1,194 households in Douglas, Johnson, Leavenworth, Miami and Wyandotte counties.

A man accused of shooting his estranged wife to death in Fairway in June is back in Kansas.

Margaret Tascar would probably be in a nursing home, the 84-year-old says, if not for a state program that helps elderly people stay in their own homes.

The futures of 2 small-town Kansas racetracks are uncertain as revenues continue to dwindle.

GALENA, Kan. - A former assistant Cherokee County prosecutor who has faced charges in Missouri and Oklahoma was arrested Monday on possible drug charges after a traffic stop.