The U.S. Department of Education cut $22.6 million in remaining COVID-era funding to Kansas that educators planned to use on ...

Fire crews from Douglas County, Lawrence and surrounding communities battled two grass fires Wednesday afternoon.

Due to two large grass fires on Wednesday that are now under control, Douglas County leaders have declared an emergency, ...

Under a new law, local health officials will have to prove “probable cause” to make someone quarantine. Orders about public gatherings and masking will just be recommendations now.

TOPEKA — Three Republicans and three Democrats in the House — including one from Lawrence — dropped their opposition Friday ...

Kansas state agencies are seeing federal grant cancellations ... While the federal public health emergency ended two years ago, the CDC continues to report hundreds of new COVID deaths every ...

A once-in-a generation extreme weather event is beginning Wednesday with a tornado outbreak and will continue into the ...

An outbreak of measles in southwest Kansas continues to grow. State health data shows 23 people ... with a possible infection to the doctor, emergency room or urgent care.

Reagan Herrman, a 15-year-old Emporia resident, survived an episode of cardiac arrest during a 2023 basketball game when trained personnel made use of an automated external defibrillator that ...