2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (112+ words) An hours-long standoff in an Overland Park neighborhood brought SWAT officers, armored vehicles and a large police response after authorities received reports of a family-related incident. A six-hour standoff in Overland Park ended Saturday after police responded to a call…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (383+ words) Mark Burghart, secretary of the Kansas Department of Revenue, plans to retire July 31 from the job of leading the state's tax collection agency with five months remaining in Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly's second term in office. (Kansas Reflector screen capture…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (157+ words) KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly announced the denial of a request for commutation of the death sentence from a man convicted of killing multiple women. John E. Robinson, Sr.’s was sentenced with the death penalty for killing…...

3+ mon, 6+ day ago   (159+ words) Headline: Dense Fog Advisory from SUN 12:57 AM MDT until SUN 8:00 AM MDT Headline: Dense Fog Advisory from SUN 1:57 AM CDT until SUN 9:00 AM CDT WABAUNSEE COUNTY, Kan. (KAKE) — Two are dead, and a child is seriously injured following a Friday…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1493+ words) Last week, Alcove Development issued a press release that Project Catalyst — a major data center proposal in Osawatomie, Kansas — would "move forward." Mayor Nick Hampson told KSHB 41 Miami County reporter Ryan Gamboa he saw that press release for the first…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (321+ words) WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - The field of candidates for Kansas governor is set after the June 1 filing deadline, with seven Republicans and three Democrats competing for their party’s nomination. Former Gov. Jeff Colyer dropped out of the race before the deadline....

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (291+ words) TOPEKA — Former Gov. Jeff Colyer ended a Republican campaign Monday for the party’s 2026 nomination for governor in wake of President Donald Trump’s endorsement of rival Senate President Ty Masterson. Colyer, who was sworn in as governor in 2018 after the resignation…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (250+ words) A Johnson County, Kansas, mayor is entering the race to lead the state of Kansas. Overland Park Mayor Curt Skoog announced Monday, June 1, that he is entering the Democratic primary for Kansas governor. He announced his running mate for lieutenant…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (554+ words) Headline: Special Weather Statement until THU 5:15 PM CDT TOPEKA — A Kansas advocacy organization sounded an alarm about a report indicating 10,300 children in low-income families across the state stopped receiving food aid since President Donald Trump signed sweeping federal legislation nearly…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (154+ words) A Kansas man pleaded no contest on Friday to charges tied to the death of a pregnant woman in Roeland Park, Kansas. Nicholas Gregg pleaded no contest to two counts of distribution of drugs causing death in connection with the…...