TOPEKA — The Kansas Bureau of Investigation and Kansas Highway Patrol seized thousands of counterfeit pills containing fentanyl in the first large haul of a state team designed to combat the flow of the synthetic…

TOPEKA — Child care challenges have forced Kansas parents to give up or change jobs, while child care workers are paid worse than 98% of professions, according to a new report. Kansas Action for Children…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — An invasive fish species last seen in Missouri in 2019 is now back, and there are concerns it could continue to spread throughout the state. A northern snakehead fish was captured…

WASHINGTON, Kan. — Chris and Bill Pannbacker stood atop a steep sandstone hill adjacent to the spot on the family farm where a major break in TC Energy’s Keystone pipeline showered thousands of barrels of…

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Monday announced it will send $714 million to help rural areas in 19 states connect to the internet. The investment includes a $50 million loan for Craw-Kan Telephone Cooperative…

TOPEKA — Kansas Treasurer Steven Johnson expects the combination of stable economic conditions and unprecedented state government cash reserves to produce interest earnings of about $300 million on short-term investments before the year’s end. That…

EMPORIA — A pair of Iola students will be a part of the upcoming Emporia State University Theatre production, “Ride the Cyclone.”  Rachel Shaffer will portray Constance Blackwood in the darkly comedic tale of a…

BURLINGTON — A September groundbreaking has been set for a new computer chip manufacturing facility in Coffey County, Secure Semiconductor Manufacturing, LLC announced Thursday. Gov. Laura Kelly announced in February that EMP Shield, an industry…

THAYER — A Thayer school project has evolved into a community ag center. The shell of a barn that was to be used for agricultural classes and a host of other activities was erected a…

PARSONS — A city trash truck was stolen and wrecked Wednesday morning. The Parsons Sun reported the 2020 Dodge Ram Mini Packer trash truck had been parked at the Parsons Municipal Building when it was…