Kansas News Service

The federal government has begun sending billions of dollars in advance child tax credits to families across America. But among refugees in southwest Kansas, a lack of communication about the monthly payments in their native languages is already hindering the rollout.

Kara Eaker and Leanne Wong arrived in Japan as alternates on the Women's Gymnastics team, prepared to compete if one of their teammates suffered an injury or became ill. Instead, they were quarantined after Eaker tested positive for the coronavirus.

Most school districts have either said masks won't be required when the fall semester begins, or haven't decided. That conflicts with some expert advice.

After a yearlong postponement, the Tokyo Olympics start today, placing Kansas Citian Vlatko Andonovski on the international stage as he leads the USA Women's Soccer team into competition.

Remembering the abortion protests of the Summer of Mercy in Wichita, Kansas, thirty years later.

Even before kids head back to school — mostly unvaccinated — Kansas is seeing a troubling spike in coronavirus cases and hospitalizations.

Kara Eaker tested positive at a training camp near Tokyo. Last month at the Olympic Trials, Eaker said she had been vaccinated. Her teammate, Leanne Wong, who is also from the Kansas City area is in quarantine.

Long seen as a crisis afflicting rural communities, the opioid epidemic in recent years has surged in Black communities.

If the ruling stands, local governments would have have more power to enact rules in response to a pandemic.

In 2007 an EpiPen package cost about $100. Today, it costs more than $650 without pharmacy coupons or manufacturer discounts.

Legal experts say just because you received care doesn't entitle a hospital to a bonkers high price. Still, fighting an unreasonable bill takes some work.

Warmer weather and plentiful roadkill have created a welcoming home for turkey vultures in parts of Kansas. And once they find a place to roost, there's not much towns can do to make them leave.