TOPEKA — A modest enrollment reduction of 0.8% this fall among 32 higher education institutions coordinated by the Kansas Board of Regents obscured more significant declines at five technical colleges, a dozen community colleges and…

Three Wichita city leaders called for a resolution Tuesday to prevent local police from cooperating with federal immigration officers. During an ACLU protest in Riverside Park, City Council members Mike Hoheisel, Maggie Ballard and Joseph…

The Sternberg Museum of Natural History in Hays will close this year. Fort Hays State University President Tisa Mason announced the decision in a statement late Monday, confirming earlier reports that the university can no…

A widespread Immigration and Customs Enforcement operation continued across southwest Kansas last week. Residents in Dodge City, Garden City, Liberal and the surrounding areas are on edge, according to people interviewed by The Midwest Newsroom…

EUREKA — An opioid overdose sent four Greenwood County Jail inmates to the hospital, and was the cause of an order to evacuate the facility last week. In his weekly media report Monday, Greenwood County…

TOPEKA — Kansas politicians urged federal immigration enforcement officials to coordinate with local law enforcement following reports of indiscriminate stops on southwest Kansas streets, causing business delays and warnings from schools. Republican U.S. Sens. Jerry…

TOPEKA — The second of two Florida residents convicted of submitting bogus signatures on petitions to establish No Labels Kansas as an official political party has been ordered to serve 18 months on probation. Kansas…

BELLEVILLE (KPR) — Like many rural communities in Kansas, Belleville keeps getting smaller. Since 1990, the Republic County town’s population has fallen from more than 2,500 to 2,000, a 20% drop. In the same time,…

LIBERAL, Kansas — After a heavy presence of Immigration and Customs Enforcement swept through southwest Kansas Tuesday, schools warned that some students may have family members detained and a major meat packing plant partially delayed…

TOPEKA — Kansas joined a growing list of states nationwide reporting measles cases with two cases apparently related to travel outside the state, a health agency said. The Kansas Department for Health and Environment reported…