TOPEKA — As Kansas officials, foster care service providers and advocates work to improve a system with a checkered past, new initiatives bring optimism for kids who have historically been left behind. The fewest number…

TOPEKA — U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids praises the Inflation Reduction Act as a boost to the U.S. economy and a long overdue restraint on pharmaceutical drug prices. Her opponent in the Nov. 5 election, Republican…

States, Native American tribes and local communities could get help accessing federal funds for water infrastructure projects in drought-stricken areas under new U.S. Senate legislation. The Water Project Navigators Act — sponsored by U.S. Sens.…

WICHITA, Kansas — The outcome of an effort to enshrine abortion rights in Missouri’s constitution could have sweeping ramifications for access in Kansas and beyond, according to health care providers and analysts. Missourians will vote…

PITTSBURG — Local and hospital dignitaries celebrated the newly christened Mercy Hospital in Pittsburg Wednesday morning, according to the Pittsburg Morning Sun. Based in St. Louis, Mo., Mercy Hospitals already has a presence in Joplin,…

Iola High School students — and their parents — will need to do a little more to prepare for their future if they want to graduate, thanks to new state requirements. Most students already meet…

HUMBOLDT — Though Humboldt residents Rex Heape and Greg Kaufman attended Monday’s council meeting with the purpose to complain about what they feel is runaway spending, they perhaps left feeling their local tax dollars are…

MORGAN CITY, La. (AP) — Francine weakened Thursday after striking Louisiana as a Category 2 hurricane that knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses, sent storm surge rushing into coastal communities…

ATLANTA (AP) — The student accused of killing four people in a Georgia high school shooting rode the school bus that morning with a semiautomatic assault rifle concealed in his backpack, investigators confirmed Thursday. Colt…

ORLANDO, Fla. — The four crew of Polaris Dawn can breathe easy again after having vented the entire atmosphere of their SpaceX Crew Dragon so its commander and billionaire Jared Isaacman along with crewmate and…