Kansas News Service

An influx of patients from Texas, Oklahoma and Missouri drove a surge in demand for abortions at Kansas clinics.

CEASE will try again to convince Kansas lawmakers to ban smoking at the four state-owned casinos.

State lawmakers want farmers in western Kansas to take action by 2026 to halt declines in the Ogallala aquifer. But the region’s whole agriculture system is built to produce irrigated grain at a high volume.

The Ogallala aquifer is a critical source of water in western Kansas, and it’s running dry. It plays a major role in the daily lives of Kansans, even for people who don’t live on top of it.

As Missouri’s abortion ban lifts, Planned Parenthood’s new clinic in Pittsburg, Kansas fields patients from across the region.

A crumbling correctional facility in Hutchinson lacks air conditioning and has small cells. State prison officials say Kansas could be sued in federal court if it doesn’t build a new facility.

There’s no shortage of products designed to grow beneficial fungi that will help your crops or garden. Whether they actually do that, though, is a different matter.

Gwen Ottenberg, owner of Imagine That Toys in Wichita, shares some fun new games — or new versions of old favorites — to play with friends and family this year.

The former Kansas City, Kansas, police detective was found dead of a gunshot wound at his house in Edwardsville, after failing to show up for trial. Called a “dirty cop,” Roger Golubski was accused of abusing women, putting innocent men in prison, and terrorizing the Black community for decades.

The former Kansas City, Kansas, police detective failed to appear at the first day of his federal trial in Topeka. He faces federal charges of violating the civil rights of two women.

Lindsborg, Kansas, artist Lester Raymer is best known for paintings of round-faced circus clowns, acrobats and jaunty roosters. But in the Red Barn Studio where he once worked, handcrafted toys for his wife are the star of Christmastime.

Incoming President Donald Trump wants to enact protectionist trade policies to boost U.S. industries. It could be a destabilizing factor for Kansas agriculture.