Kansas News Service

Kansans often take pride in free state origins, but what happened in Hays is but one example of its sometimes violent racial history.

Plenty of places offer free testing with no health insurance or official ID required. This eliminates the risk of a wrestling match with your insurer later.

A shotgun went off when the officers opened a door in response to a break-in report at an abandoned home.

A bill that would legalize medicinal cannabis in Kansas would limit the types of problems the drug could be prescribed for. It would also guard against seeking out a doctor simply for a quick prescription.

Despite the disproportionate impact of the pandemic on the Latino community, there has been a lack of information and educational resources. Community-led initiatives and nonprofits are working to overcome the myriad challenges.

By getting off on the wrong foot with Democrats and some in his own party, Roger Marshall of Kansas may have limited his effectiveness in a closely divided U.S. Senate.

The sub-zero cold snap that gripped the Midwest in early February led to a jaw-dropping rise in natural gas prices, the cost of which consumers will feel.

In the turbulent years following the Civil War, around 27,000 former slaves migrated to Kansas. They called themselves "exodusters" and they were fleeing Jim Crow laws. Some of them are remembered in a portrait exhibition of an African-American community in Leavenworth, Kansas.

The luxury private jets built in Wichita are coming to an end, but only after establishing a market selling an exclusive form of travel to the wealthy.

Kansas launched a program this week to vaccinate school staff and get kids back into classrooms. But meatpacking workers, one of the state's hardest-hit groups, are still waiting to hear when their turn starts.

The private nonprofits that run foster care in the state say they've risen to the challenge of caring for children during the pandemic and meeting the terms of a class-action lawsuit settlement. But child welfare advocates say there's plenty of room for improvement.

Utilities struggled to keep pace with power demand set off by sub-freezing temperatures that gripped the Midwest.