(AP) — Millions of people in the central United States are bracing for powerful storms Monday including long-track tornadoes, hurricane-force winds and baseball-sized hail, forecasters said. Much of Oklahoma and parts of Kansas are at…

TOPEKA — The Kansas Supreme Court waded into a four-year-old dispute about ownership of a purebred Cane Corso show dog with a decision Friday that identified procedural blunders by a Wyandotte County District Court judge…

TOPEKA — Republican Sen. Jeff Longbine says a bill passed by the Legislature stripping Kansas property from companies and individuals tied to China, Iran, North Korea and other adversarial nations was so profoundly unconstitutional that…

Voters to decide $2M school bond LE ROY — Voters in the Le Roy-Gridley USD 245 school district will decide on May 14 whether to approve $2 million in bonds for improvements including a new…

TOPEKA — An unexpected surge in individual income tax collections in April drove Kansas state revenue $101 million higher than projected for the month, state officials said, and added fuel to political debate about what…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas lawmakers approved a new, slightly smaller package of tax cuts before adjourning their annual session early Wednesday, expecting Gov. Laura Kelly to veto it and call a special legislative session…

TOPEKA — New bills passed in the last frenzied days of the legislative session would allow Kansans to seek potentially life-saving drug overdose treatment without fear of arrest, expand parameters for teenagers held in state…

LAWRENCE — Students on Wednesday set up what they call a “liberation encampment” in support of Palestine on the University of Kansas campus. In a letter to KU administration, the protesters said they stand “in…

WESTMORELAND, Kan. (AP) — One person died Tuesday when a tornado ripped through the small city of Westmoreland in northeastern Kansas, destroying houses, RVs and outbuildings, authorities said. Pottawatomie County officials said on Facebook that…

TOPEKA — The Kansas Legislature passed a tax reduction plan early Wednesday that closely mirrors the package vetoed by Gov. Laura Kelly and includes property tax relief, elimination of sales tax on groceries, an income…