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Author
Jim McLean
Posted on
10/18/19
Go here to subscribe to the My Fellow Kansans. This season, we look at the prospects of rural places. DIGHTON, Kansas — A billboard along Interstate 70...
Author
Jim McLean
Posted on
10/18/19
Go here to subscribe to the My Fellow Kansans. This season, we look at the prospects of rural places. PHILLIPSBURG, Kansas — The opening of a child care...
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Dan Margolies
Posted on
10/17/19
A former top official of Leawood-based American Multi-Cinema Inc. says she was fired after she pointed out disparities between her pay and that of her...
Author
Brian Grimmett
Posted on
10/17/19
WICHITA — Ashley and Erin Watt have always enjoyed the outdoors. Over the years, they’ve spent a lot of time floating down the Arkansas River in south...
Author
Sherman Smith
Posted on
10/17/19
From cries of heartbreak to a call for the prosecution of men who pay for sex with girls, Kansas lawmakers said the story of Hope Zeferjohn, a teen...
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ProPublica
Posted on
10/16/19
ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for ProPublica’s Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in...
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Stephen Koranda
Posted on
10/16/19
Updated 12:30 p.m., Oct. 17, 2019 — Democrat Barry Grissom has dropped out and endorsed state Sen. Barbara Bollier. Republican U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts...
Author
Dan Margolies
Posted on
10/15/19
The Shawnee Mission and Blue Valley school districts on Monday joined at least five other school districts nationwide that have authorized lawsuits...
Author
Mya Acosta
Posted on
10/15/19
Agencies across Kansas are warning drivers to take additional caution as deer mating season begins, bringing higher levels of deer activity. Sedgwick...
Kansas Foster Care Instability Led To Surge In Runaways, Left Children Vulnerable To Sex Traffickers
Author
Sherman Smith
Posted on
10/15/19
At first, they wanted to save her. Then, after she fled the Kansas foster care system at age 16 and fell victim to the commercial sex trade, social...
Author
Stephan Bisaha
Posted on
10/14/19
Information’s great. But what about insight? A fresh University of Kansas study contends state educators put too much emphasis on data and too little on...
Author
Sherman Smith
Posted on
10/14/19
Hope Joy Zeferjohn was missing from the Kansas Capitol on the day her family was posing for pictures with the governor. It was May 22, 2015, and then...
Author
Nomin Ujiyediin
Posted on
10/12/19
Even though it’s the offseason, Kansas Rep. Rui Xu says being a legislator is a full-time job. Over the course of a week, on top of his part-time gig as...
Author
Celia Llopis-Jepsen
Posted on
10/09/19
TOPEKA, Kansas — Cigarettes are so yesterday. Or yester year . That’s why that old-fashioned, combustible path to a nicotine buzz wasn’t the top concern...
Author
Jim McLean
Posted on
10/09/19
Rural Kansas has a storied past. But as once-thriving towns continue to shrink — does it have a future? That depends on who you ask. In season two of My...
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Lauren Weber/Kaiser Health News
Posted on
10/09/19
SALINA, Kansas — The University of Kansas School of Medicine-Salina opened in 2011 — a one-building campus in the heart of wheat country dedicated to...
Author
Andrea Tudhope
Posted on
10/09/19
A former high-ranking official of the Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas, was sentenced Wednesday for misdemeanor battery...
Author
Frank Morris
Posted on
10/09/19
Most farmers haven't had a single good year since President Trump took office, and Trump’s policies on trade, immigration and ethanol are part of the...
Author
Barb Shelly
Posted on
10/09/19
A growing coalition of groups and citizens wants Wyandotte County to become the first place in Kansas to issue local identification to residents....
Author
Dan Margolies
Posted on
10/08/19
A Kansas City-based company that specializes in turning around financially distressed hospitals is proposing to purchase Hillsboro Community Hospital in...
Author
Lisa Rodriguez
Posted on
10/08/19
A family-oriented community where “everyone knows everyone.” That’s how people describe the area around 10 th Street and Central Avenue in Kansas City,...
Author
Michelle Tyrene Johnson
Posted on
10/08/19
Following a trend across the Johnson County suburbs, the Overland Park City Council passed an ordinance Monday night banning discrimination based on...
