Justice Dept. sues Kansas school district over transgender policies

The U.S. Department of Justice filed its first lawsuit that challenges a school district’s policies regarding transgender students and claims the rules violate a federal law. 

DOJ: US Army veteran defrauded the VA of over $170,000

A U.S. Army veteran has been found guilty of defrauding the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) of over $170,000 in caregiver benefit payments that he was not entitled to receive. 

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.

Hunting TV host Matt Jennings sentenced for illegal deer kills in Kansas

Matt Jennings, host of a hunting TV show, sentenced to five years probation and banned from hunting/fishing in Kansas for illegally killing two deer.

Teachers killed in Apalachee HS shooting to be added to national memorial

Two teachers killed during last year's shooting at Apalachee High School will be added to the National Memorial to Fallen Educators later this month.