January 17, 2023 Trial underway for Kansas man who threatened congressman, claimed to be 'Messiah' A criminal trial for Chase Neill, 32, of Kansas, who allegedly developed a "fixation" on Rep. Jake LaTurner and called his office threatening to kill him, will begin Tuesday.
January 13, 2023 In Kansas, tensions mount between Democrat governor and GOP legislature over surplus plans Discrepancies between budget proposals by Democratic Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly and the state's Republican-controlled legislature have begun opening serious political rifts in Topeka.
January 13, 2023 Kansas Gov. Kelly's COVID diagnosis was false positive Democratic Kansas Governor Laura Kelly's recently-disclosed COVID-19 diagnosis turned out to be a false positive, according to her office. She will return to the Statehouse Friday.
January 12, 2023 New Kansas AG Kobach wants state Supreme Court to reconsider abortion ruling Republican Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach has requested that the state Supreme Court reconsider a ruling that declared abortion to be a right under the state constitution.
January 11, 2023 Kansas Gov. Kelly COVID positive, State of the State address delayed Democratic Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly's annual State of the State address will be postponed after her office announced she had tested positive for COVID-19.
January 10, 2023 Following Kansas spill, EPA, pipeline operator reach cleanup deal The Environmental Protection Agency announced Monday that it had reached a deal with the operator of a Kansas stretch of the Keystone pipeline following a December spill.
January 9, 2023 US Supreme Court refuses to hear appeals from 'Wichita massacre' The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear the appeals of two brothers convicted in Kansas' "Wichita massacre" in 2000. The brothers accused one another of carrying out the crimes.
January 9, 2023 Kansas Gov. Kelly to begin 2nd term, Trump-allied AG Kobach returns to statewide office Democratic Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly will be sworn in for her second term Monday, as will Trump-aligned Attorney General-elect Kris Kobach, a Republican.
January 9, 2023 Kansas Bureau of Investigation probe homicide at prison The Kansas Bureau of Investigation has probed a homicide at the Lansing Correctional Facility. Prison guards found a 62-year-old inmate strangled to death in his cell.
January 9, 2023 1 dead, 2 injured in MO police chase A passenger in a vehicle struck by a suspect fleeing police was killed, and both drivers were injured in a Kansas City, Missouri, police chase early Sunday morning.