DISTRICT COURT Judge Daniel Creitz Civil cases filed: Heidi D. Coykendall vs. Joshua L. Coykendall, divorce Brandi A.Gott vs. Austin L. Gott, protection from stalking State of Kansas ex rel DCF vs. Shelby L. Brown,…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A study shows that fewer juveniles have been arrested and held in the Kansas juvenile justice system while the state has been investing in alternatives to incarceration. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports…

LONGTON, Kan. (AP) — Authorities say one of two brothers hurt in an all-terrain vehicle crash in rural southeast Kansas has died from his injuries. Kansas Highway Patrol Trooper Rick Wingate identified the boy as…

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas construction contractor has been fined $44,000 after botching a tiny house project. A Sedgwick County judge found that Rogers Contracting owner Brad Rogers, of Haysville, committed “deceptive and unconscionable”…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon may send about 300 more troops to the U.S.-Mexico border in roles that could put them in contact with migrants and thus mark a break from current practice, officials said.…

Lincoln Elementary School fourth-graders grew potato vine plants over the winter, part of a classroom project and donated the plants Friday to the Iola Community Involvement Task Force/PRIDE Committee. The fourth-graders, from left, are Keaden…

MCCALL, Idaho (AP) — A pilot who was trying to crash-land this week in an Idaho field instead brought his small plane to rest at the top of a 60-foot tree, officials said. Pilot John…

Time for spring cleaning or what I call “clean out the junk” time of year. And that goes for the food in my kitchen. I need to make a better effort to use the food…

At next year’s high school graduation ceremonies, Atlanta seniors will wear, not just taste, the feeling. Atlanta Public Schools seniors in the class of 2020 will don graduation caps and gowns made out of recycled…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas’ highest court ruled for the first time Friday that the state constitution protects abortion rights and blocked a first-in-the-nation ban on a common second trimester method for ending pregnancies. The…