TOPEKA — The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) and the Stevens County Health Department have reported a positive case of measles in a resident of Stevens County. It is currently unknown whether this…

Kansas is at low risk for avian flu, Kansas Department of Health and Environment say, even as cases across the country rise. But the department is still urging people to be cautious around wild birds…

The City of Iola will host a public meeting Sept. 9 to seek community input on alternatives for an upcoming lagoon project. The $11.2 million project is a step toward addressing excess ammonia in the…

Underground fuel storage tanks are being removed in the 300 and 400 blocks of North State Street.   “It’s been a long time coming,” said John Wallace Jr., proprietor of the U-Haul rental business at…

TOPEKA — Kansas administrators of the Medicaid program estimate 12,000 adults or children eligible for the health coverage program were stripped of benefits due to problems with processing renewals. The U.S. Department of Health and…

TOPEKA — Gov. Laura Kelly said infusion of government funding contributed to an increase of more than 6,800 child-care slots in Kansas over a 14-month period following erosion of services statewide amid the COVID-19 pandemic.…

TOPEKA — The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) and the Southeast Kansas Multi-County Health Department (SEKMCHD) are in the preliminary stages of investigating individuals ill with campylobacteriosis possibly associated with Trade Winds Bar…

Engineers are surveying a 2,500-foot stretch of U.S. 54 in rural Bourbon County starting this week. The Kansas Department of Transportation said in a press release the survey is necessary to plan for the eventual…

TOPEKA —  Kansas documented the state’s lowest-ever recorded birth rate for the 2022 year, according to a preliminary report. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment’s annual report shows the number of births in the…

TOPEKA — A Kansas advocacy organization said state records indicated children comprised two-thirds of the 45,000 people who have lost Medicaid coverage for procedural reasons since the restart in April of eligibility assessments halted during…