TOPEKA — Kansas Highway Patrol Capt. Candice Breshears can speak from experience about the danger of parking a cruiser on the side of a road perilously close to car and truck traffic. “I’ve been struck…

TOPEKA — A Kansas lawmaker known for pushing discredited treatments for people with COVID-19 urged a bill Thursday pumped from the same vein: An attempt to strip state health officials of their authority to fight…

Some of Kansas’ top prosecutors are pushing state lawmakers to approve a new method for carrying out the death penalty, saying the state is nearing what could be its first execution since the 1960s. The…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Two juveniles have been charged with crimes connected to the shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl rally, authorities said Friday. A news release from the Jackson County Family…

PITTSBURG — Pittsburg’s hospital is getting a new owner according to the Pittsburg Morning Sun. Currently owned by Via Christi, the hospital will officially become a Mercy Health property this summer. Both health systems are…

TOPEKA — The 31st Judicial District Nominating Commission met Friday morning to discuss the process to fill a district magistrate judge vacancy in Woodson County. The vacancy was created by the Jan. 8 death of…

A program that offers a look into the history of Southeast Kansas returns to Allen County. The Southeast Kansas (SEK) Museum Alliance is launching its 2024 Museum Passport program. The goal is to encourage visitors…

TOPEKA — Kansas chief deputy attorney general Daniel Burrows defended a hard-fought attempt to overhaul the state’s civil asset forfeiture law and urged rival factions to avoid the temptation to march to their castles, close…

Wichita Police have made an arrest and formally charged a 45-year-old man in the theft of the Jackie Robinson statue from League 42’s youth baseball facility at McAdams Park. Police said the suspect, Ricky Alderete,…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Nine children were among 22 people hit by gunfire in a shooting at the end of Wednesday’s parade to celebrate the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl win, authorities said, as…