State News

Motorists traveling south of Allen County could encounter construction on U.S. 169 as the state builds a passing lane in Neosho County.   The Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) expects to construct passing lanes on…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas’ highest court signaled Monday that it still considers access to abortion a “fundamental” right under the state constitution, as an attorney for the state argued that a decisive statewide vote…

Natalie Bell was thinking about a career in art after college when a welding class and a delivery of four pizzas changed her career trajectory. “I was taking a delivery out to a construction site…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas’ highest court is considering whether the state can restrict how doctors end second-trimester pregnancies or impose extra health and safety rules for abortion providers after a decisive statewide vote last…

COFFEYVILLE — An investigation continues into the discovery of more than 5,000 pills, described by investigators as fentanyl. The Parsons Sun said a person found a PVC pipe containing blue pills on March 17 at…

WILSON COUNTY — The Kansas Bureau of Investigation and the Wilson County Sheriff’s Office have identified the woman whose remains were discovered by hunters on March 16, in rural Wilson County. The woman has been…

A lengthy investigation led to the arrests of six people for suspected distribution of methamphetamine and other charges in eastern Kansas, the Kansas Bureau of Investigation announced Wednesday. The arrests took place in Miami and…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Child care regulations would be lowered in Kansas under a bill that has won Senate approval and created a debate over how best to address a shortage of day care spots…

TOPEKA — Earl McIntosh wants state lawmakers to look at a photo of himself as a young boy, to see him as an innocent child full of joy and potential, and to think about how…

A bill that would have broadened vaccine exemptions in day care, schools and workplaces in Kansas got rejected Thursday by a legislative committee. The Senate Public Health and Welfare Committee voted 3-4 against sending the…