A rise in food prices makes for a less than merry holiday season. Grocery prices rose 0.4% in November, according to the Consumer Price Index, released this week by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.…

Sitting in a tree stand, Charlene Gawronski is decked out in camo on Michigan’s opening day of the deer firearm season. Gunshots ring nearby, but three hours pass without any deer sightings. After 50 years…

TOPEKA — School districts across Kansas will receive a 20-page report containing guidance on cell phones that recommends daytime cell phone bans, mental health awareness and bolstered parental oversight. The Kansas State Board of Education…

TOPEKA — The Kansas Legislature’s budget committee chairs pushed back Wednesday against the notion of implementing a road usage fee to create a more sustainable state funding for transportation system upgrades. The Kansas Department of…

TOPEKA — A Dutch food manufacturer, known for Country Crock and I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter, is set to open a new manufacturing facility in southwest Kansas. Flora Food Group is expected to invest…

TOPEKA — The Kansas delegation to the U.S. House came together to support passage of legislation saving the state an estimated $41 million by recalibrating interest on water storage contracts at Milford and Perry lakes.…

After spending 15 years in prison, Cedric Warren walked out of the Wyandotte County jail in Kansas on Wednesday a free man and into the arms of his family. At the state prison in El…

TOPEKA — Two students are enrolled this year at the Healy Public Schools district in western Kansas, a decrease from 20 students the previous year. Steadily declining enrollment led area voters in November to favor…

It’s an ambitious legacy for a community of fewer than 600 citizens. But Lecompton, 13 miles northwest of Lawrence, has leaned into the challenge. After all, for six contentious years it was the capital of…

TOPEKA — U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran of Kansas said Tuesday a newly introduced Senate bill would compel the Department of Veterans Affairs to conduct a collaborative 10-year research project to study health implications of low-level…