Reporter receives $850K settlement over Kansas newspaper raid

A Kansas town has agreed to pay $850,000 to a former reporter at its weekly newspaper to end her federal lawsuit over a police raid of the paper’s offices in 2023.

Keystone Pipeline hit with proposed massive multi-million dollar fine

A proposed legal settlement with the U.S. government would require the Keystone Pipeline system’s operator to pay a $26.9 million civil penalty over a major oil spill in Kansas in December 2022.

Sixth-grader finds 85-million-year-old fossil on club field trip

Corbin Bullard didn’t know exactly what he’d found while on a field trip with his 4-H Geology Club, “but I knew that it was something big."

Kansas elementary school teacher found dead in snow days after going missing

A Kansas elementary school teacher who went missing after leaving a downtown bar late Friday night was found dead in a wooded area near where she was last seen, authorities said.

Kansas officers shot while responding to domestic violence call; Suspect dead

Four Kansas law enforcement officers — three Osage County deputies and a Highway Patrol trooper — were shot Saturday morning while responding to a domestic violence call.

Miss Kansas publicly calls out her domestic violence abuser after winning title

Miss Kansas, Alexis Smith, is leveraging her title to raise awareness about domestic violence, having bravely called out her abuser on stage the night she won the crown on June 8.

Kansas bill would make doctors ask patients why they want abortions and report answers

If the bill is passed, Kansas would join at least seven other states with Republican legislatures that ban most abortions even though Kansas voters have affirmed abortion rights.