TOPEKA — Costly and unequal access to health care draw down the overall ranking of Kansas’ health system in nationwide evaluations of successes and failures. Kansas has one of the lowest-performing state health systems in…

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Gov. Tim Walz and his wife, Gwen, attended a candlelight vigil Wednesday evening honoring state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, who were killed in what officials have called a…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order to keep TikTok running in the U.S. for another 90 days to give his administration more time to broker a deal to bring…

Two Neosho County juveniles were struck and killed by a train as it crossed a bridge spanning the Neosho River near Erie Wednesday. The Kansas Highway Patrol said Arthur Pollries, 16, Walnut, and Kollin Showalter,…

Summer will make a dramatic entrance in the U.S. this week with a heat dome that will bring stifling temperatures and uncomfortable humidity to millions. The heat will be particularly worrisome this weekend across wide stretches of Nebraska, Illinois,…

Crest High School graduate Braylee Burnett has grand dreams. The 17-year-old plans to follow her parents’ footsteps into the medical field. Her father, Michael, is the Emergency Medical Services director for Allen County. Mother Amy…

In their quest to have better health care representation on the board of directors of the Southeast Kansas Mental Health Center, Allen County Commissioners decided to appoint one of their own.  Commissioners unanimously appointed Commission…

TOPEKA — Jessie Lawson made an appointment for Monday morning as soon as she heard about the Kansas Court of Appeals ruling Friday that allows Kansans to change the gender markers on their licenses. As…

Senate Republicans released a bill that would end tax credits for wind and solar earlier than for other sources, and make only modest changes to most other incentives, dashing hopes of those seeking relief from…

Iola officials will mark the opening of its new outdoor Fitness Court with a ribbon-cutting ceremony Tuesday. The Fitness Court, east of the Prairie Spirit Trail in the 100 block of Scott Street, was built…