TOPEKA — Kansas budget director Adam Proffitt said Tuesday the state government was on track to meet revenue projections necessary to create a $2.6 billion ending balance in the current fiscal year and reinforce the…

TOPEKA — The state’s first year of sports betting brought in $7 million in state revenue from $1.85 billion in wagers. In a Thursday update to committee lawmakers, Kansas Lottery finance director Matt Schwartz said…

St. Louis’ largest health system, BJC HealthCare, plans to merge with Kansas City’s second-largest, Saint Luke’s Health System, uniting more than 28 hospitals, including Allen County Regional Hospital in Iola, on both sides of Missouri…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The police chief who led an August raid on a small weekly newspaper in central Kansas resigned Monday, just days after he was suspended from his post and following the release…

he police chief who led a highly criticized raid of a small Kansas newspaper has been suspended, the mayor confirmed to The Associated Press on Saturday. Marion Mayor Dave Mayfield in a text said he suspended Chief…

Time will tell whether an oil spill upstream on Rattlesnake Creek will harm the birds that flock to Quivira National Wildlife Refuge, a migratory bird stop in Stafford County.  Its manager, Mike Oldham, said the…

Elderly couple die in house fire EMPORIA — An elderly couple killed in a Sept. 22 house fire has been identified. The Lyon County Sheriff’s Office identified Lee Roy Phillips, 88, and Mary Ann Phillips,…

LABETTE COUNTY — A Parsons man has been arrested for the murder of a Parsons woman over the weekend. Derrick W. Curry, 53, Parsons, was charged with second-degree murder in connection with the killing of…

TOPEKA — Kansas administrators of the Medicaid program estimate 12,000 adults or children eligible for the health coverage program were stripped of benefits due to problems with processing renewals. The U.S. Department of Health and…

TOPEKA — Battered by the COVID-19 pandemic, inflation, staffing shortages and the strain of a population skewing older, the Kansas nursing home industry needs to be carefully monitored, advocates say.  “When you walk into an…