2+ week, 8+ min 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…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago  (64+ words) This 13-year-old Kansas boy shared his wish on social media: a new kidney. Diagnosed with chronic kidney disease at the age of 3, he's now looking for a kidney donor. This 13-year-old Kansas boy shared his wish on social media: a…...

6+ day, 1+ hour ago  (304+ words) This story originally appeared on The Advocate. Kansas has dropped charges against a transgender woman who faced jail time for driving with a license that she had been forced by state law to use. Related: Kansas law voids some transgender…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (467+ words) INDEPENDENCE, Mo. " Amid the ongoing search for Oscar Sanchez-Munoz, video footage showed a heavy police presence in a neighborhood where the FBI fugitive was previously believed to be hiding. Where to watch fireworks in the Kansas City-area this year for…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (559+ words) TOPEKA " President Donald Trump's U. S. Department of Justice sued the state of Kansas on Wednesday, asking a federal judge to tear down the law that allows college students without lawful immigration status to receive in-state tuition. The DOJ argued in court…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (92+ words) The Kansas Turnpike has reopened the southbound lanes of Interstate 35 between Wellington and South Haven after flooding closed the highway. WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) " The Kansas Turnpike has reopened the southbound lanes of Interstate 35 between Wellington and South Haven after flooding…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (344+ words) The only Kansas City location of a longtime Kansas restaurant chain will close this weekend, according to a press release and a social media post from owners. Tanner's Bar & Grill posted Tuesday morning on Facebook that its Red Bridge location,…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (728+ words) TOPEKA " Kansas Democratic gubernatorial candidate Cindy Holscher shared snippets of family history during a campaign appearance that included references to her sharecropper grandparents and a father who worked as a union carpenter and a mother employed as a school custodian....

1+ week, 5+ day 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…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (637+ words) After sitting empty for more than 15 weeks, a former Northland grocery store location is finally getting a new tenant as a popular Johnson County grocer expands across state lines. The Kansas City metro's second World Fresh Market location is expected…...