Republican U.S. Rep. Jake LaTurner, who has served for two terms, announced Thursday he will not be running for reelection this year in Kansas so that he can spend more time with his children.
Jonathan and Reginald Carr, convicted in the notorious "Wichita massacre," are seeking a formal resentencing hearing, challenging the joint sentencing they received.
The Topeka Zoo and Conservation Center is mourning the loss of a beloved ostrich who grabbed hold of and swallowed a staff member's key after reaching beyond her exhibit's fence.
Grandmother Tifany Adams searched "taser pain level" and purchased five tasers in the days before Veronica Butler and Jilian Kelley's disappearance, police said.
Bird flu virus has been found in samples of pasteurized milk on grocery store shelves but there is no risk to customers, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said Tuesday.
Autopsies are complete for deceased Kansas City Chiefs fans Ricky Johnson, David Harrington and Clayton McGeeney - those results have been suppressed until an investigation is complete.
Jerron Lightfoot, 20, of Tonganoxie, Kansas, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for involuntary manslaughter in the 2023 car crash deaths of a police officer and a bystander.
Before the Kansas Legislature's scheduled adjournment for the year, Republican state senators blocked efforts to force debates on expanding Medicaid programs and the medical use of marijuana.
More life-threatening severe weather is expected over the Southern Plains, following reports of twisters ripping through the nation's heartland on Friday.
Kansas lawmakers upheld Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly's veto of a bill that would have made it illegal to perform gender reassignment procedures on children.
Joshua Dean, a whistleblower who reported safety concerns at a parts supplier for Boeing's 737 Max jets, has died unexpectedly in an Oklahoma hospital.
45-year-old Kansas man Ricky Alderete is facing over 19 years in prison for his role in stealing a statue of Jackie Robinson that was eventually "dismantled."
Democratic Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly on Friday vetoed a bill limiting foreign land ownership, in a move Republicans castigated as apathetic toward national security threats.
The U.S Supreme Court declared segregation in public schools unconstitutional in the landmark Brown v. Board of Education case on this day in history, May 17, 1954.