WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A former Wichita State University student was sentenced to close to five years in prison for taking lewd photos of children and up-the-skirt videos of women, the Sedgwick County prosecutor announced…

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A man serving a 90-year sentence for participating in the 1993 murder of a Kansas corrections officer is charged in a 55-count federal indictment with running a drug ring from his…

BALTIMORE — Former Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh, who held elected offices in Baltimore for two decades, was sentenced to three years in federal prison Thursday for a fraud scheme involving a children’s book series. A…

Rod Blagojevich emerged from prison and returned to the comforts of kith, kin and a microphone. Yep, there he was Wednesday, his first morning as a freed convict, freshly shaved and nicked by a sharp…

HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) — The Hutchinson Correctional Facility is on lockdown after five correctional officers were injured during a disturbance, state prison officials announced Thursday. Visitations to the prison’s central unit have been canceled until…

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The former treasurer of Fontana has been sentenced to one year and one day in federal prison for stealing money from the town and spending taxpayer money at a casino. The…

Kansas will send 360 of its male prisoners to a privately owned and operated prison in Eloy, Arizona, starting this summer. The Kansas Department of Corrections announced Friday that it had finalized a contract with…

An Associated Press analysis credits relentless opposition from law enforcement with blocking any movement toward legalizing medical marijuana in Kansas, despite strong public sentiment and growing support in the Legislature.  All surrounding states have some…

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — The California man who became known as the “American Taliban” after his capture on an Afghanistan battlefield in late 2001 has been released from prison. Thirty-eight-year-old John Walker Lindh was…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas’ corrections secretary said Tuesday that officials believe contraband drugs could be involved in the recent deaths of four inmates at three prisons but are awaiting autopsy and lab results to…