Kansas News

The Kansas Legislature gave final approval on March 19 to place a question on the August 2026 ballot that would allow voters to elect members of the state’s supreme court. The state ...

Police have arrested a 23-year-old Saline County man in connection with extensive vandalism at St. Patrick Catholic Church of Wichita. The suspect was apprehended Sunday after investigators discovered damaged statues, broken glass, ...

Catholic bishops in Kansas are mobilizing against a controversial satanic black mass planned for the state capitol, announcing both spiritual and legal responses to the scheduled March event. The bishops said last ...

The Republican-controlled Kansas Legislature has voted to override Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto of a bill banning gender-reassignment procedures for minors, making Kansas the latest state to enact restrictions on transgender surgeries and ...

As communities grapple with what officials are calling “one of the deadliest aviation disasters” in recent U.S. history, religious leaders in Kansas and the Washington DC region have stepped forward to provide ...

Kansans are among the victims of a commercial jetliner crash in Washington DC on Wednesday night. American Airlines Flight 5342 originated in Wichita and collided on approach to Reagan National Airport with ...

Dramatic interpretations and talks about the violent territorial and civil war history of Kansas, 1854-1865, will highlight the 2020 annual Bleeding Kansas series, which begins January 26. The programs are held at ...

The recent Kansas City region blizzard meant big business for pizza delivery services, coinciding with new data showing Kansas leads the nation in pizza consumption. According to Pizza Hut’s 2025 Pizza Trends ...

Kansas passed numerous laws that the Republican-controlled legislature hopes will ease tax burdens, trash fees and improve school funding. They each go into effect on New Year’s Day, 2025. No More Food ...

Margi Colerick has taken the collection of nativity scenes to a new level, with 60 tubs full of sculptures weighing around 1,500 pounds. “It takes two weeks, several days, to put up, ...

It’s the season of giving and Kansas Wesleyan University (KWU) is about “open” a historic one. The university announced it will receive an extraordinary gift from Salina’s Church of the Cross – their ...

The number of abortions performed in Kansas reached its highest level since record-keeping began in 1976.  State health officials report 19,467 procedures in 2023, marking a more than 50% increase from the ...

Despite the popularity of artificial Christmas trees, many people still prefer the real thing. The National Christmas Tree Association says that between 25 and 30 million real trees are sold each year. ...

While some see old barns or buildings as something to be discarded, 34-year-old Tyler Christman sees them as an opportunity to “reclaim history” and create a new chapter for old barn lumber. ...

Baked beans? Toasted ravioli? You bet! Those are the go-to side dishes in Missouri and Kansas, and they’re about to become your new guilty pleasures. Let’s be real, turkey and mashed potatoes ...

As winter 2025 draws near, residents of Missouri and Kansas are wondering what’s in store. Long-term forecasts are always a bit of a crapshoot, but some predictions are starting to roll in. ...

Mating season and the quest for more secure habitat have deer on the move this time of year, increasing the chances of vehicle-deer collisions. Typically, the greatest number of vehicle-deer crashes are ...

Comic books can be an effective way to teach children the true story of the nation’s founding, according to the CEO of a Christian-owned publishing company. Kingstone Studios, best known among Christians ...

Election integrity ranks high on everybody’s mind as the 2024 general elections draw near. Shawnee County Election Office technical specialist Randy Gregg of Topeka has reason to believe Kansas elections are “the ...

The Kansas City, Kan., Police Department announced this week that it has returned $36,000 in goods that were stolen from Forest Grove Baptist Church. The items taken from the church in a ...

Former professional football player Benjamin Watson will be the keynote speaker at the Vitae Foundation’s annual Kansas City pro-life dinner. Missourians soon will be voting on Proposition 3, which would enshrine the ...

The famous Big Boy Steam Engine will be making a Topeka stop as part of its Heartland of America tour. The steam engine will stop in Topeka from 12:15-12:45 p.m. Oct. 17 ...

Chiefs’ kicker Harrison Butker has launched a political action committee, UPRIGHT PAC, to encourage Christians to vote for candidates and issues that support their beliefs. “Athletes are citizens like the rest of us, ...

National and local prolife groups will hold a joint news conference on Tuesday near an abortion clinic that Planned Parenthood recently opened in the college town of Pittsburg, Kan. Speakers will include ...

The American Civil Liberties Union is alleging that a Kansas school district allowed Gideons International to distribute those little multi-colored New Testaments to students, violating the First Amendment. However, previous court rulings ...