As most people were winding down last Friday night, Andrea Howell’s work was just getting started. As a direct support professional, Howell provides care for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. She spends her Fridays…

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The Wichita school district is warning parents that temporary school closures may be necessary because so many teachers are out sick with COVID-19.  Superintendent Alicia Thompson told parents in an email…

TOPEKA — Kansas college students could soon benefit from a continued effort to minimize rising college tuition, pending approval on a provision in the governor’s budget. In her budget, Gov. Laura Kelly included a request…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Substitute teachers in Kansas will not be required to have college credit hours under an emergency declaration approved Wednesday in response to a worsening staff shortage in the state’s schools because…

TOPEKA — Kansas Supreme Court Chief Justice Marla Luckert proposed during a Tuesday speech to a joint session of the Kansas Legislature adoption of a judicial branch budget model tied to general state revenue rather…

People come to Valley Hope in Atchison, Kansas, to get help. They’re fed up with addiction to cocaine or methamphetamine or OxyContin. And that’s when some find out through a drug test that they’re actually…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A 7-year-old boy was killed and two others were injured in a Topeka house fire, authorities say. Heavy smoke was pouring from the home when firefighters arrived Monday morning, The Topeka…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Gov. Laura Kelly called Tuesday for another freeze in tuition at Kansas colleges in a State of the State address that portrayed the state as booming economically and previewed what are…

MISSION, Kan. (AP) — Employee absences fueled by a surge in COVID-19 cases are straining Kansas hospitals, schools and emergency services and raising questions about whether some court trials might need to be delayed. When…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Kansas woman on Monday was sentenced to two years of probation after offering a tearful apology for her role in the insurrection at the Capitol. Esther Schwemmer, 56, of…