The Kansas Racing and Gaming Commission on Thursday approved a plan by casino magnate Phil Ruffin to develop a historical horse racing facility at the former Wichita Greyhound Park. The plan will add 1,000 historical…

TOPEKA — The Kansas State Board of Education voted unanimously to recommend Gov. Laura Kelly and the 2024 Legislature embrace a four-year initiative raising state aid to special education by $86.6 million annually to bring…

CLAFLIN — Barton County residents will decide whether to break up with their school district and “start fresh” following heartbreak and anger over the closure of a rural community’s high school. The change could result…

TOPEKA — Eleven former Emporia State University professors in federal court documents accuse school administrators, Kansas Board of Regents members and unknown other individuals of conspiring to fire tenured and “problematic” professors. The federal lawsuit…

Teen charged with killing grandfather PARSONS — A rural Cherryvale teenager has been charged with first-degree murder for shooting and killing his grandfather on July 5. Trenton Scott Anderson, 14, had a detention hearing on…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas legislators botched the drafting of a new law aimed at preventing transgender people from changing how their sex is listed on their driver’s licenses, a state agency’s lawyer argued in…

TOPEKA — The Kansas Supreme Court reversed a decision of the Kansas Court of Appeals in a protracted land dispute involving state Sen. Dennis Pyle and a neighboring farmer that pivoted on access to crop…

Coin, stamp and sports memorabilia collectors can feast to their hearts’ content Saturday at the 38th annual summer coin, stamp, postcard, sports memorabilia and collectibles show at the Carthage, Mo., Memorial Hall, 407 S. Garrison.…

VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Russia’s war in Ukraine will top the agenda when U.S. President Joe Biden and his NATO counterparts hold a summit in Lithuania’s capital over two days starting Tuesday. They are expected…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas must stop allowing transgender people to change the sex listed on their driver’s licenses, a state-court judge ordered Monday as part of a lawsuit filed by the state’s Republican attorney…