Republican legislators in Kansas are trying to prohibit state and local mask mandates during disease outbreaks, advancing such a ban along with proposals aimed at discouraging local restrictions on businesses and public gatherings.
A former Lansing Correctional Facility inmate will be heading back to prison because of a 2017 escape, according to a prosecution official. James L.
A Kansas middle school teacher who was disciplined for refusing to use a student’s preferred first name and gender pronouns is suing the school district. Fort Riley Middle School math teacher Pamela Ricard said in a federal lawsuit that the Geary County School District violated her constitutional rights and did not accommodate her Christian beliefs when it suspended her for three days.
Republican legislators are close to committing up to $1 billion in surplus state funds to shore up Kansas’ pension fund for teachers and government workers despite bipartisan misgivings about that move ruling out some tax cuts.
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Local gas prices continue to show an increase in recent weeks, although they are lower than the national average. The average price for a gallon of gas in the U.S. on Tuesday was $4.17, according to AAA. Photo by Mark Rountree
The 18-year-old suspect in a shooting at a Kansas high school that left two adults and the student wounded used a “ghost gun” that is untraceable, a prosecutor said. Johnson County District Attorney Steve Howe said the gun used by Jaylon Desean Elmore during the shooting Friday at Olathe East High School was obtained either through a kit found on the internet or constructed with various parts.
Sounth-central Kansas fire killed 1, destroyed 35 homes across 12,000 acres A fire that raged through about 12,000 acres in south-central Kansas over the weekend killed one man and destroyed 35 homes, fire officials said. The Cottonwood Complex fire also destroyed 92 outbuildings and 110 vehicles after it started Saturday, Reno County officials said.
A woman has pleaded to attempting to escape after she was ordered to serve a jail sentence. Megan R.
When they met this week, Leavenworth city commissioners approved the issuance of $1.435 million in bonds and $2.125 million in temporary notes. Commissioners had taken actions related to the bonds and temporary notes during earlier meetings.