LAWRENCE — The U.S. Department of Justice and Department of Education announced a plan for increased enforcement measures against two Kansas school districts for their gender-inclusive policies. In April, the department found four public school…

Ten-year-old Duke Ommert died after an electric scooter crash in Leawood last year when a car struck him as he crossed the street mid-block. Duke’s death, other e-scooter and electric bike injuries (a nearly 300%…

TOPEKA — One transgender Kansan had her driving privileges reinstated after challenging a state law that regulates gender markers on driver’s licenses. But only Jamie Miller’s license was returned while hundreds of other trans Kansans…

TOPEKA — The Kansas Department of Insurance assisted consumers with recovery of $29.2 million from insurance businesses in 2025 to more than double the amount the agency retrieved for policyholders during the previous year. The…

TOPEKA — The Kansas Office of Veterans Services will recognize and honor Kansas Gold Star Families at a ceremony on the statehouse grounds Sept. 24. The United States began observing Gold Star Mother’s Day on…

U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall’s taxpayer-funded trips to and from the Gulf Coast of Florida, where he owns beachfront property, were more extensive and more expensive than previously reported. A Star analysis of travel expenses reported…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Nancy Kassebaum Baker, a Kansas governor’s daughter who became the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate without following a spouse into office, has died. She was 94. Kassebaum Baker died…

As real estate prices continue to rise in Kansas, many people are turning to manufactured housing because they are less expensive to build, averaging about $123,000 per home. About 4% of Kansans live in these…

INDEPENDENCE — The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Department recovered a submerged pickup truck that had been sitting at the Montgomery State Fishing Lake for a prolonged period of time. The truck was removed from the lake,…

TOPEKA — The $1.25 billion biocontainment facility in Manhattan developed for cutting-edge research on the most dangerous animal diseases is not fully operational three years after its ribbon-cutting, a federal report determined.  The Office of…