KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Intensive care units are nearly full across the Kansas City area, creating challenges for hospitals battling to keep up with the high number of COVID-19 patients. The Kansas City Star…

WICHITA, Kansas — Soaring prices define the market for land in Kansas farm country. Farm real estate and cropland values in Kansas jumped more than 10% this year compared to last year. That’s good and…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas hospitals are clamoring for traveling nurses as the number of COVID-19 patients rises to levels last seen in January.  The state had 407 open travel nurse positions as of Monday,…

TOPEKA — More people are calling a Kansas poison control hotline after self-medicating for COVID-19 with a drug intended to fight parasitic infections in animals. Ivermectin can cause severe health problems in humans, and medical…

TOPEKA — Kansas courts are telling couples who need a marriage license in September to apply for them now. The usual advice courts give to couples is to allow two weeks from the time the…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Gov. Laura Kelly on Wednesday directed Kansas state employees to resume working remotely if possible because of the more contagious COVID-19 delta variant. Kelly’s announcement came after two months of steadily…

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Full-time city employees in Wichita will be paid a minimum of $15 an hour, as part of a $670 million budget approved by the City Council. Wichita officials had earlier predicted…

The Wichita school board voted Monday night to require masks in schools, beginning next Monday. The move came as the district reported nearly 200 COVID-19 cases in its schools. Officials said nearly 1,700 students and…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — People who oppose mask requirements or restrictions on public gatherings imposed by Kansas counties can challenge them in court and obtain a ruling within 10 days — at least for now…

TOPEKA — Kansas health secretary Lee Norman and Gov. Laura Kelly say formal approval of the safe and effective Pfizer vaccine removes a hurdle for defeating the latest surge of COVID-19 in Kansas. The rapid…