A 39-year-old Leavenworth man awaits sentencing on an involuntary manslaughter charge related to a fatal 2023 crash involving a motorcycle, per a release from the office of Leavenworth County Attorney Todd Thompson. According to court documents, on Oct. 23, 2023, Leavenworth police officers ...

TOPEKA (AP) — Senate Republicans’ top campaign spending organization is pulling back in North Carolina and pouring money into Kansas, a striking shift that shows how the party’s plan to keep its majority has turned into an increasingly defensive fight ahead of November’s midterms. The ...

A lobbyist who works at the Statehouse in Topeka testified Friday about two bathroom experiences in the span of five years that made her “uncomfortable,” and she expressed gratitude for a new state law that she says will “set a standard in stone” and help shield her from such discomfort ...

TOPEKA — Fort Hays State University president Tisa Mason says the Sternberg Museum of Natural History will close to the public in mid-December because of budget problems. She said museum faculty and staff would remain this academic year to review collections, determine what must be retained ...

TOPEKA — The Tall Oaks Camp and Conference Center demanded Monday that U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall suspend a campaign commercial attacking Democrat Adam Hamilton that made unauthorized use of a photograph of children at Tall Oaks’ chapel in Linwood. A senior advisor to the Marshall campaign ...

Fall harvest continues into another month on our farm. All of the dryland and irrigated corn and popcorn have been picked and either binned or delivered to the local elevator. We’ve also fenced off and opened up the corn field bordering our pasture ground to allow the cattle to graze on the ...

Good Shepherd Thrift Shop and Food Bank updates its latest list of items it currently needs each week. Currently on that wish list are small bottles of cooking oil, toaster pastries, facial tissues, juice, hot chocolate and sloppy joe sauce. Good Shepherd, at 423 E. Fourth St., accepts ...

Voters have a chance to hear from candidates this weekend. A forum will be 9 a.m. Oct. 10 at the Tonganoxie VFW Post Home. Candidates for the 38th and 42nd House of Representatives races have been invited to attend.

Tonganoxie High cross country teams will compete Saturday in a triangular against Pleasant Ridge and Maur Hill Mounty Academy on the University of Saint Mary campus in Leavenworth. Races start at 9 a.m. THS will then be gearing up to host the Frontier League Meet on Oct. 15 at the ...

Southwest Kansas communities reeling from President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown — which included random stops to check status — are looking for ways to recover as fear continues to grip the area’s large Hispanic population. Restaurants closed, motel managers cancelled ...