Ken Cannon acknowledges his campaign doesn’t have as much money as those of other candidates. But he thinks Kansas voters will turn to him in November when selecting their next governor.

U.S. Rep. Lynn Jenkins, R-2nd Dist., today officially filed to run for re-election to the U.S. House of Representatives at the Kansas secretary of state's office. 

During a legislative update Friday, it didn’t take before local lawmakers were asked about a state smoking ban.
 

Jeff Smith has to make his rounds on foot because the mud on the path to his pasture is more than his truck can handle. Every three hours, he checks his herd of 27 heifers for signs of new life and struggling soon-to-be moms. When problems arise, Smith stays and helps - sometimes spending most of his night in a cold, wet field.

GateHouse Media Inc. – the parent company of the Augusta Daily Gazette – and those who joined the effort to protect Dodge City Globe reporter Claire O’Brien from having to reveal confidential sources used in a story about a racially charged homicide case, spent thousands of dollars to protect her rights as a journalist. Kansas Supreme Court Chief Justice Robert Davis denied the petition in only 37 words – one paragraph. The court refused to even hear arguments or receive briefs in the case.

What, when, where, who, why and how: Information about the Leavenworth Kansas Sampler Festival.

 

Obama is lucky because he got this message in one senatorial race, not in a rehashed Republican Revolution. In 1994, Clinton didn’t have any warning of what might be on the horizon. Obama has seen the storm clouds brewing. That’s why his State of the Union address last night took on a very different tone.

With a sales tax rate more than a percent lower than in Kansas, Missouri has long been an attractive alternative for local shoppers — especially considering the proximity of Joplin, Mo. to the Pittsburg area.

Don’t give up. That was the message Kansas Gov. Mark Parkinson gave to a joint session of the Kansas House and Senate during the annual State of the State address Monday night.

Businesses across Kansas received sorrowing news in December regarding their payment into the state’s unemployment insurance fund.

Sumner County will have to wait a little longer for a final decision from the Kansas Lottery for a destination casino.

A Mulvane man was charged Tuesday in connection with a double homicide after two bodies were found in a Wichita home on Thanksgiving Day.

According to police reports, Pittsburg State University head football coach Chuck Broyles was arrested late Tuesday night in Galena, Kan., and charged with misdemeanor driving under the influence of alcohol.

Rep. Bob Grant, D-Cherokee, quipped that he was bunkered in to avoid potential attackers infuriated by Kansas Gov. Mark Parkinson’s proposed budget cuts.

An application for a proposed casino one mile north of Interstate 44 at U.S. Highway 166/400 was rejected by the Kansas Lottery Tuesday.

Enrollment and re-enrollment for Medicare Part D drug coverage opens Nov. 15 and runs through Dec. 31. Acting Secretary of Aging Martin Kennedy encourages Medicare beneficiaries to complete their enrollment as early as possible to ensure that coverage is available without any delays on January 1, 2010.

It was a typical blustery Kansas day on the first day of school for the Wellington Christian Academy. After hours filled with meeting new teachers and classmates, the student body gathered outside for their annual event — the balloon release.

For the next two years, Leavenworth County could see as many as 10,000 visitors from across the country as the host of the Kansas Sampler Festival.

The Kansas Sampler Foundation announced its “Eight Wonders of Kansas Customs” early Friday — and two of them are in Leavenworth.

Online voting will end at midnight on Tuesday, Oct. 20 for the “8 Wonders of Kansas Customs” contest.