15+ hour, 6+ min ago   (1099+ words) In his closing statement at the Kansas State Fair debate on Saturday, U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall received a tepid response to an applause line about Kansas State’s football team defeating Washington State. Earlier in the forum, Marshall got cut off mid-answer…...

18+ hour, 4+ min ago   (951+ words) Kansas voters’ two choices for governor spent Saturday morning clashing over the issues and trading vitriolic personal attacks during a debate at the state fairgrounds in Hutchinson. Kansas’ Republican Senate President Ty Masterson and Democratic state Sen. Cindy Holscher — longtime…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (695+ words) But none of the aforementioned departments utilizes a real-time database like the one recently unveiled in Overland Park, and that needs to change. For the sake of transparency, law and order and public safety, any police department in our region…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (229+ words) A north-central Kansas man is jailed in connection to a home invasion last month, where a woman was assaulted in Republic County. Jardyn J. Bartman, 32, of Scandia, Kansas, was arrested by agents with the Kansas Bureau of Investigation on Thursday afternoon....

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (274+ words) Kansas City has always been a city that builds. We built the rail lines that connected America’s heartland to the rest of the country. We built the industrial backbone that powered generations of economic growth. Today, we have another opportunity…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (753+ words) Three years after the law enforcement raid on the Marion County Record newspaper, serious settlement money is flowing. Reporter Phyllis Zorn just resolved her case against the town for $850,000. Late last year, Marion County paid out $3 million to journalists and…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (1427+ words) No one on the front lines of the fight over abortion access in Kansas believes this is the end. But last week delivered two triumphant moments for abortion rights supporters in the Sunflower State, which has become a regional hub…...

1+ mon, 21+ hour ago   (243+ words) Residents riding on two wheels in Overland Park might see some new silly signs along the city’s most popular paths and trails. One side shows some plain-language messaging — encouraging folks to wear a helmet, looking before crossing the street, minding…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago   (324+ words) Big changes could soon be in the works at the Oak Park Mall in Overland Park, where the mall’s owners have proposed some new developments that would reshape the space into a mixed-use district. The mall’s owners recently submitted to…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (347+ words) After tweaking its original proposal, the Overland Park City Council might consider changes to Black & Veatch’s tax incentive requests to help fund the multibillion-dollar development next month. The project, first announced last year, will eventually transform the global engineering firm’s…...