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November 23, 2018

Dodge City clerk turns to hired legal gun in election fight

When iconic Dodge City, once the home to Wild West gunslingers and buffalo hunters, faced a lawsuit before the midterm ...

November 22, 2018

Kansas Medicaid expansion in doubt despite governor support

Democratic and moderate Republicans lawmakers worked together last year to try to make Kansas the latest state to expand ...

November 13, 2018

Man who made hoax call in deadly 'swatting' pleads guilty

A California man pleaded guilty Tuesday to making a hoax call that ultimately led police to fatally shoot a Kansas man ...

November 13, 2018

The Latest: Suspect in fatal Kansas hoax call pleads guilty

The Latest on a California man accused of making a hoax call that led police to fatally shoot a Kansas man (all times local): ...

November 08, 2018

Group challenges Kansas ban on telemedicine abortions

A group that supports abortion rights on Thursday filed a lawsuit challenging a Kansas ban on telemedicine abortions, a ...

November 08, 2018

Anti-abortion activist who shot Kansas abortion doctor freed

A woman who shot Wichita abortion doctor George Tiller and attacked abortion clinics in several states in the 1990s has been ...

October 27, 2018

ACLU sues Dodge City over voting access for Hispanics

Moving the only polling site in Dodge City, Kansas, outside the city limits will make it more difficult for the city's ...

October 27, 2018

Bomb scare rattles those touched by past political violence

No one has been hurt or killed. But the wave of mail bombs targeting prominent Democrats this week has angered and dismayed ...

October 24, 2018

Kansas man guilty in death of boy found encased in concrete

A Kansas man has been found guilty of first-degree murder in the horrific abuse and slaying of a 3-year-old boy whose body ...

October 19, 2018

Iconic Dodge City moves its only polling place outside town

Access to the ballot box in November will be more difficult for some people in Dodge City, where Hispanics now make up 60 ...

September 17, 2018

Officials: Felon fatally shot Kansas deputy during arrest

A man with a history of drug convictions fatally shot a Kansas sheriff's deputy as the deputy tried to handcuff the man on ...

September 14, 2018

$1.5M settlement for Muslim workers fired in prayer dispute

A big U.S. meatpacker has agreed to pay $1.5 million to 138 Somali-American Muslim workers who were fired from their jobs at ...

August 14, 2018

Kansas GOP governor candidates dig in for long ballot fight

Kansas election officials began reviewing some 9,000 provisional ballots Monday as the two candidates in the state's tight ...

August 08, 2018

The Latest: First Muslim woman poised to join Congress

The Latest on primaries in Missouri, Kansas, Michigan and Washington state and a congressional special election in Ohio (all ...

August 07, 2018

Competitor dies in swim leg of Boulder Ironman triathlon

An athlete died a day after he was pulled from the water during the Boulder Ironman 70.3 triathlon in Colorado. It was the ...

August 04, 2018

Kansas Democrats try to end losing streak with rural appeal

Kansas Democrats are riding an eight-year losing streak in statewide elections, and the pressure to break it has intensified ...

August 02, 2018

Leading Kansas Democrat under scrutiny for backing voter ID

The leading Democratic candidate for Kansas governor is under attack for her past backing of tough voter identification ...

July 21, 2018

Two democratic socialists rally voters in deep-red Kansas

The new face of an emerging democratic socialist movement joined its patriarch in the most unlikely place Friday, calling on ...

July 21, 2018

Liberal icon, new Democratic star wade into GOP-heavy Kansas

The new face of an emerging democratic socialist movement joined its patriarch in the most unlikely place Friday, calling on ...