WASHINGTON — Amid persistent child hunger and food insecurity in the United States, lawmakers and advocates on Wednesday stressed the importance of school meal programs during a U.S. Senate Agriculture subcommittee hearing. Hunger severely impacts…

TOPEKA — An annual, independent review of Kansas’ foster care system shows it fell short for the third year in a row of improvements to housing instability and mental health care delays. The progress report,…

CHANUTE — A suspect was taken into custody Friday in relation to a social media post that threatened Chanute High School and resulted in a school lockdown, according to The Chanute Tribune. According to the…

Boeing’s CEO said Wednesday that the company will begin furloughing “a large number” of employees to conserve cash during the strike by union machinists that began last week. Chief Executive Kelly Ortberg said the layoffs…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve on Wednesday cut its benchmark interest rate by an unusually large half-point, a dramatic shift after more than two years of high rates that helped tame inflation but also…

WICHITA — A text message scam using the state’s new toll payment name and logo is going around, the Kansas Turnpike Authority said Tuesday afternoon. A text, which is using numbers “chosen at random” and…

BEIRUT (AP) — Explosions went off in Beirut and multiple parts of Lebanon in an apparent second wave of detonations of electronic devices, Hezbollah officials and state media said Wednesday, reporting walkie-talkies and even solar…

TOPEKA — Three Missouri and two Kansas members of Congress serving constituents in the greater Kansas City area forwarded a joint letter Tuesday to the U.S. Postal Service demanding action to rectify problems with missing…

Savonburg residents want to see more action taken towards their goals for improvement. Since they met a year ago, small steps have been made towards what they deemed the top three concerns at the time…

The 78th Annual Moran Day festivities will kick off this Saturday with a variety of events and entertainment. Vendors and food trucks will be set up beginning at 8 a.m., Saturday. At the same time,…