Kansas News

The state of Kansas is looking to have a big presence at the Farnborough International Airshow in England this July.

The Kansas City Star reports there were 11 homicides in Johnson County in 2011, and six were in Olathe, which the 2010 Census said is also the fastest growing city in Kansas.

Each day, a noticeable increased pace of the legislative business is occurring as committees are meeting and working on bills; this will no doubt cause a steady stream of bills coming to the floor soon for debate.

To help celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Homestead Act, the Homestead National Monument of America, a unit of the National Park Service near Beatrice in southeast Nebraska, is asking for descendants of homesteaders to help participate in a national celebration.

TOPEKA, Kan.: A coalition of business groups will propose Kansas start a new program to help some illegal immigrants remain in the state so they can hold down jobs in agriculture and other industries with labor shortages, coalition representatives disclosed.

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"Cornstalk disease" was killing many cattle in the southwest, was similar to Spinal Meningitis and was reported in Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas and Missouri.

The "Road Map for Kansas" that Gov. Sam Brownback outlined during his campaign as the template for his administration contains a promise to reform state government, declaring it should be accountable and transparent.

During a special luncheon, Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services Interim-Acting Secretary Jeff Kahrs recognized 20 agency employees for outstanding service and dedication to the people of Kansas on Friday, Jan.

Kristie Beaudette will take a poster similar to this with her when she testifies before the Kansas Legislature in support of a bill that would allow crime victims to obtain lifetime protection-from-abuse orders.

Mark Ungerer, associate professor of biology at Kansas State University in Manhattan, is conducting two major research projects that involve the evolutionary change in sunflowers.

Middle school students across Kansas are being encouraged to learn more about their history and communities by searching local cemeteries for the graves of Civil War veterans.

Military memorabilia - The Fort Leavenworth Militaria Show and Sale will be from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m Saturday, Feb.

Three businesses in north-central and northwest Kansas were among 16 announced by the Kansas Small Business Development Center as 2011 Emerging and Existing Businesses of the Year.

Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback has appointed former Johnson County legislator Phyllis Gilmore to lead the newly named Department for Children and Families.

It will be easier for corporate swine production facilities to expand into rural counties under a Kansas bill that has passed the House.Establishing corporate swine production in a county now requires an election in the county.

As a winter storm hits western Kansas, the Adjutant General's Office is reminding Kansans to take precautions and get ready for winter weather.

The Grant County Commission in southwest Kansas is in discussions with Lenexa-based Tradewind Energy about a wind project that could be worth up to $600 million.

A powerful storm system will lift out Colorado tonight and into northern Kansas by Saturday morning.

Jackson County prosecutors filed a murder charge today against a second person in connection to the Christmas Eve killing of a man in east Kansas City.They charged Dalvin D. Johnson, 17, of Kansas City with second-degree felony murder in the shooting death of Joseph T. Jones.Jones, 22, was killed near 24th Street and Denver Avenue during an ... (more)