15+ hour, 22+ 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…...

13+ hour, 7+ min ago   (870+ words) HUTCHINSON — Candidates for governor engaged in a veritable bare-knuckle brawl when they took the stage Saturday at the Kansas State Fair for a debate punctuated by the chants and jeers of an enthusiastic crowd of dueling supporters. Kansas Senate President…...

18+ hour, 20+ 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…...

1+ day, 1+ min ago   (380+ words) A $40.52 million plan to rebuild 175th Street between 179th Street and Antioch Road in Overland Park is running into resistance from homeowners who say the project's sidewalks, trails and tree removal reach far beyond what their stretch of road needs. City officials…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (638+ words) TOPEKA — The first political debates of the election season come to the Kansas State Fair on Saturday, putting candidates vying for governor and the U.S. Senate on stage along with the normal fair gigs of wood carvers, pig races and…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (190+ words) Longtime Civic Council leader succeeds Lisa Krigsten following two impactful years of regional leadership KANSAS CITY, Mo., September 08, 2026--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Civic Council of Greater Kansas City today announced the election of Paul Holewinski, President and CEO of Academy Bank,…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (46+ words) President Trump issued federal disaster declarations on Sept. 2 to assist Kansas communities in repairing infrastructure damaged by severe storms earlier this year. President Trump issued federal disaster declarations on Sept. 2 to assist Kansas communities in repairing infrastructure damaged by severe…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (501+ words) The lawsuit comes more than a year after the Education Department first said it was investigating four districts in Kansas following a complaint from the Defense of Freedom Institute. The conservative group's complaint alleged the schools had policies preventing disclosure…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (865+ words) Lt. Gov. David Toland, who is also Kansas commerce secretary, didn’t expect to sit on a plane flying across the Pacific Ocean in June 2022. But the Commerce Department was on the verge of losing a hallmark deal. “We were just…...

3+ week, 4+ hour ago   (909+ words) Nancy Kassebaum Baker, a Kansas governor’s daughter who became the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate without following a spouse into office, has died. She was 94. Kassebaum Baker died Friday of natural causes, according to her son, Bill Kassebaum....