Kansas News Service

After a leaked U.S. Supreme Court ruling overturning the landmark case that promised women the right to abortion, an August vote to amend the Kansas Constitution over abortion has taken on heightened importance.

Shawn Lynn Parcells, 42, faces up to 20 years in prison when he is sentenced on Aug. 25.

For small towns with dwindling populations and shrinking tax bases, luring travelers to stop and spend a few dollars is a matter of community survival. Some turn to quirky roadside tourist attractions. And the community pride these offbeat sites generate can be just as valuable as the money they bring in.

Publishers Weekly, an international news website of book publishing and bookselling, selected the Raven as this year's best bookstore out of five finalists.

The trial of the lawsuit filed by Lamonte McIntyre, who was freed from prison in 2017 after serving 23 years in prison after he was exonerated, is scheduled to begin in October.

Donavon Decker became, in more ways than one, an ambassador of limb girdle muscular dystrophy type 2D, a rare degenerative disorder. But decades after he participated in patient trials and fundraised for research, drug companies are still nowhere close to a cure.

For Starbucks baristas — many of them young and queer — it used to be a point of pride to work for a company with a reputation for taking care of its employees. But some employees say the company's response to their unionization efforts prove otherwise.

For Kansans living in Liberal, Dodge City and Hays, there’s only one airline that flies to and from the local airport. So when that airline filed paperwork this spring to terminate services, it sent shockwaves through these remote towns.

The disparities between Wyandotte and its neighbor to the south — Johnson County — remain the most dramatic contrast in the state.

The state's highest court reversed a lower court decision that found the Republican-led Kansas Legislature drew a map that was racially and politically gerrymandered.

The state will help older foster youth who are aging out of care find families that will last beyond foster care.

Together, the state's six major public universities — KU, K-State, Wichita State, Emporia State, Fort Hays State and Pittsburg State — offer more than 1,500 degree programs. And some experts say that’s too much.