TOPEKA — Officials at R.V. Haderlein Elementary in Girard forced an 8-year-old Native American boy to cut his hair, despite objections that he grew it out to connect with his cultural heritage. The American Civil…

A “suspicious letter” was delivered to the state’s top election official’s office Tuesday, and the building was evacuated as a precaution.Kansas Secretary of State Scott Schwab’s office was shut down for the rest of the…

ST. MARYS — The public library in St. Marys has managed to hang onto its lease for one more year by removing all of the youth-oriented LGBTQ books from library shelves. Library director Judith Cremer…

When Fort Scott’s Mercy Hospital closed in early 2019, the community of 7,550 people in southeast, Kansas, briefly lost its emergency room. Mayor Matthew Wells remembers the time without an ER clearly. “I watched several…

Cleaner Greener Future (CGF), a Parsons-based renewable energy consultancy, announced this week its role in securing U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development grants for five local businesses as part of a $4.21 million initiative to…

TOPEKA — As opioid overdoses in Kansas show no sign of slowing down, officials have unrolled new funding to tackle school-level prevention initiatives and stock more homes with emergency overdose treatments.  The Kansas Fights Addiction Grant…

Only about half of the 12 million people who were eligible for the food assistance program commonly known as WIC took part, according to a new study from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The report…

TOPEKA — Gov. Laura Kelly said the state committed $10.2 million to build or renovate community multi-purpose facilities in Lawrence, Hays and Emporia to add at least 310 licensed child care slots. The governor and…

BUTLER COUNTY —About 10 miles north of El Dorado on U.S. Highway 77, a break appears in the rolling cattle ranches and farmland of the Flint hills. It’s a different sort of farm — a…

Political newcomer Lily Wu has ousted current Wichita Mayor Brandon Whipple and will become the city’s first Asian-American mayor. Unofficial results show Wu received 58% of the vote over Whipple’s 42%. In her victory speech,…