PITTSBURG — Pittsburg schools tamped down rumors of spontaneous raids by immigration officials Wednesday by issuing a mass communication saying those with the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency have not entered public schools, according…

HALSTEAD — The Halstead Planning and Zoning Board is continuing to draft a policy to allow a battery energy storage system, BESS, be constructed in its industrial park, according to the newspaper Harvey County Now.…

TOPEKA — The Kansas secretary of state and Republican legislators overturned a decision by State Attorney Kris Kobach to void a $4.6 million school bond issue in Greeley County. Kobach dismissed the 25-year bond issue…

PITTSBURG — A former resident of Pittsburg and now a U.S. District Court judge in Seattle ruled last week that President Donald Trump’s executive order denying U.S. citizenship to the children of parents living in…

MOUND CITY — The bodies of two juveniles were found trapped beneath the ice in Lake Chaparral in rural Linn County after they were reported missing Monday evening. The Linn County Sheriff’s Office said in…

Aquifer levels in parts of western Kansas that rely on groundwater for everything from drinking to irrigation fell more than a foot last year, Kansas Geological Survey scientists said Tuesday. The Kansas Geological Survey earlier…

CHANUTE — Neosho County commissioners agreed to settle a civil lawsuit with a Fort Scott law firm over an estimated $15,000 in unpaid legal fees for former County Attorney Linus Thuston, according to The Chanute…

TOPEKA — A coalition of agriculture and energy companies requested the Kansas House approve a $5 million annual state tax credit to incentivize reluctant gas station operators to expand distribution of E15 fuel made with…

TOPEKA — The Kansas State Department of Education advised school districts to follow laws protecting students’ constitutional rights in wake of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s reversal of a policy forbidding immigration authorities from…

TOPEKA — Public school advocates are asking lawmakers to proceed with caution as they consider slashing the statewide property tax that directly funds public education. Legislation in the House would lower the state rate from…