Most of the patients who are turned away are from rural areas with no mask mandates, said Dr. Heather Harris, Hays Medical Center's medical director.

Missouri tops 4,000 deaths Tuesday as University of Kansas Health System officials say further restrictions may need to be enacted.

All elementary students in Wichita Public Schools will learn remotely, starting this week. The district's school board voted Monday night to make the...

Melissa Taylor Standridge was opposed by anti-abortion groups because she sided with a court ruling that said the state constitution included a right to the procedure.

After COVID-19 cases stabilized over the weekend, Kansas City health experts are asking those who traveled during the Thanksgiving holiday to quarantine and get tested.

WICHITA, Kansas — Between concerns about schools staying open and the challenges of learning remotely, teachers and students are haunted by another...

The Sedgwick County District Attorney’s Office has filed a petition seeking to remove Wichita City Council member James Clendenin from office.

Medical experts say social inequality and racism in medicine can be deadly for Black infants, mothers and families.

WICHITA — Coronavirus cases are at record levels. Just in time to pretty much ruin Thanksgiving. In Kansas, those cases have hospitals worried about...

Kansas will not be the final frontier for the U.S. Space Command headquarters.

Even if all Kansans immediately mask up and avoid crowded places, it will likely take weeks to ease the burden on hospitals packed with COVID-19 patients.

The city of Wichita said it will work with Sedgwick County to enforce the county’s new public health order. The order passed last week tightens...

Shawn Parcells gained notoriety in 2014 when he made numerous appearances on cable news as a supposed expert in the investigation of the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri.

The governor is hoping counties won't buck her call for masks this time, because tens of thousands of new cases are spreading exponentially and straining hospitals.

Voters elected Democrat Sarah Lopez to a four-year term on the Sedgwick County Commission. Official election results certified Monday confirm Lopez won...

There will be no March Madness in Wichita next spring.

Wichita's board of education voted Monday to extend Thanksgiving break an two extra days. Students and staff will now take Nov. 23 and 24 off, giving...

Patients sliding downhill can lose precious hours while smaller hospitals place call after call to larger facilities looking for ICU openings amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Johnson County Commissioners late Friday ordered new pandemic restrictions to kick in on Monday, making it the first of what is expected to be several other local governments' moves to tighten guidelines next week as the virus surges.

The tumultuous tenure of Michael O’Donnell on the Sedgwick County Commission has ended. O’Donnell resigned immediately late Friday afternoon after the...

Editor's Note: On Nov. 13, Emporia State University announced that it will provide free tests to students that want one before traveling. WICHITA,...

WICHITA — The Wichita Board of Education canceled its plan to let middle and high school students back into the classroom on Thursday as coronavirus...