western Kansas

As Kansans prepare to vote on the future of abortion, rural western Kansas offers a preview of what life with an abortion ban might eventually look like for the rest of the state.

More than 2,000 cattle carcasses were put in landfill piles or pits after dying in the southwest Kansas heat. But that’s not a prohibited or uncommon method of livestock disposal.

Temperatures topped 104 degrees in the state's top cattle county. In widely seen video footage, rows of carcasses are shown lined up along the edge of a field.

Russia's war in Ukraine has disrupted global food supplies, driving up demand and prices for wheat. But after months of drought, many western Kansas farmers won’t have a crop to sell.

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.

Cotton growing is on the rise in Kansas, but it still only accounts for a small fraction of the state’s farm production. Now, a combination of global warming, dwindling water and new infrastructure might set the stage for southwest Kansas to become cotton country.

As hospital beds fill up in rural parts of the state and nearby cities, some doctors say southwestern Kansas is running out of options.

Each person not counted in Kansas and Missouri could result in a potential loss of more than $1000 in funding for schools, health care and infrastructure. Advocates say a complete count would help racial justice efforts.

Segment 1: Previewing the next session of the Missouri General AssemblyToday's guests run down some of the issues that lawmakers could tackle during this…

A federal judge has ruled that Ford County, Kansas, does not have to provide a second polling place in Dodge City on Election Day.In a ruling late…

Local organizers in Dodge City fought for more, and more accessible, polling places even before their lone, out-of-the-way voting location drew national…

A malicious virus first infected some local government computers in Finney County, Kansas, in late June. Officials there say that malware did not reach...