Pittsburg housing projects get boost PITTSBURG — Two housing projects in Pittsburg will benefit from a federal grant and state tax credits, according to The Morning Sun. The Smithsonian Apartments project at 9th and Broadway…

PAWNEE, Okla. (AP) — There isn’t enough evidence to charge the BTK serial killer in the 1976 disappearance of a 16-year-old girl, an Oklahoma prosecutor said Monday despite statements from law enforcement officials calling Dennis…

Iola will host a public meeting to discuss the Kansas Department of Transportation’s Eisenhower Legacy Transportation Program (IKE).  The series of nine public meetings is part of the Local Consult process. KDOT holds Local Consult…

FORT SCOTT — The Lowell Milken Center for Unsung Heroes is hosting a star party Saturday evening. Armed with a grant from the Fort Scott Community Foundation, the Milken Center recently acquired a Celestron NexStar…

TOPEKA — The Kansas Commission on Judicial Conduct requested Marion County District Court Magistrate Judge Laura Viar explain her decision to authorize search warrants used in controversial raids of the Marion newspaper office, the publisher’s…

A drop in CBD oil production in Kansas appears to be causing a huge reduction in the number of farmers growing hemp. When the state launched its program to oversee the newly legalized crop in…

Plumes of smoke from Canadian wildfires have settled across the center part of the U.S. pushing Kansas City’s air quality to an unhealthy level early Thursday. The air quality index in Kansas City reached 159…

LAWRENCE — An anonymous donor gave $50 million to the business school at the University of Kansas to support undergraduate students and faculty research, officials said Tuesday. It represented the largest gift received by the…

TOPEKA — The Kansas Department of Transportation earmarked $42.3 million in federal funding to support $6.4 million in local government investment over the next two years to improve safety of nearly three dozen city or…

TOPEKA — A federal judge granted Attorney General Kris Kobach’s request Thursday to significantly undermine provisions of a 2019 consent judgment granting transgender individuals born in Kansas the right to amend birth certificates to match…