STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — Coming off of its bye week, No. 24 Kansas State goes on the road Saturday to play Oklahoma State in what will be new head coach Chris Klieman’s first Big 12…

TOPEKA — Local and federal law enforcement authorities Wednesday announced the indictment of 54 people in a drug-trafficking ring in Manhattan. That ring, with suppliers tracked back to Chicago, was responsible for distributing heroin, fentanyl,…

MANHATTAN — Southwind Extension District 4-H members from Allen County competed Saturday in the State Horticulture Judging Contest at the Kansas State University campus in Manhattan. Participants were required to identify 50 plants, place eight…

The decision to move Country Stampede to Topeka is disappointing on several levels. There are a couple of lessons to draw from it, too. The disappointment stems largely from the fact that the Stampede was…

Wichita Public Schools is considering adding explicit protections for transgender students and staff this year. Public speakers told the district’s school board on Monday that they want to see the nondiscrimination policy updated to include…

NEW YORK (AP) — A helicopter crashed on the roof of a rain-shrouded midtown Manhattan skyscraper Monday, killing the pilot and briefly triggering memories of 9/11, after an erratic trip across some of the nation’s…

Brody Nemecek was named a Kansas 4-H State Project winner at the annual Emerald Circle banquet in Manhattan on May 30. Nemecek, a senior at Iola High School, won in the self-determined category. The award…

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — As the Mississippi River continues to surge, flash flooding along Kansas creeks and streams is forcing people from their homes, closing roads and prompting schools to call off classes. Emergency management…

The Manhattan school board on Wednesday took its first step toward instituting a policy to protect transgender students. The policy, which the board approved on 4-1 vote, includes giving students the right to be addressed…

In the wake of Sept. 11, federal officials said the United States needed a new, state-of-the-art facility to defend against bioterrorism and stop diseases that could devastate the country’s farm economy and threaten human lives.…