Kansas

“He was born into an America recovering from the Great Depression and about to face World War 2, times of loss and sacrifice difficult for most of us to imagine,” the obituary said. “He died in a world where many of his fellow Americans refuse to wear a piece of cloth on their face to protect one another.”

A rural hospital in Kansas illustrates the depths of the COVID-19 crisis in small towns. It has been running out of healthy staff to care for the sick.

Donny Jackson, 40, is in custody. Police say he killed two boys, who were about 11 and 14, and then kidnapped their sisters, who are three and six. The little girls were found by the Oklahoma Highway Patrol late Saturday.

A 59-year-old man who prosecutors say threatened Wichita's mayor because he was upset about a mask mandate has been charged.

Dramatic video shows witnesses attempting to rescue a man after he crashed and accelerated into the back of a city bus amid a medical emergency.

A Republican congressman from Kansas has been charged with three felonies and one misdemeanor after an investigation that began in December of 2019.

A second arrest was reported Saturday in the death of a 3-year-old Kansas girl whose disappearance triggered an Amber Alert.

A weekly Kansas newspaper has posted a cartoon on its Facebook page likening the governor’s order requiring people to wear masks in public to the murder of millions of Jews during the Holocaust.

An active-duty soldier in Kansas was credited with saving “countless lives” this week when he drove his truck into an active shooter on a bridge.

A 99-year-old Marine veteran earned a new medal this week -- to go along with the two Purple Hearts he was given for his actions during World War II -- after winning a long and tough battle against the coronavirus.

"I guess they call it karma," Dennis Ruhnke said after receiving his long-awaited degree.

A Kansas man awarded more than $1.5 million on Monday after spending 23 years in prison for a double murder he did not commit plans to continue his fight against those responsible for his nightmare, his attorney said.

A crossing guard who died after being hit by a vehicle in Kansas saved the lives of two children before the impact, a school principal said.

A businessman in Kansas has decided to take an unconventional approach to finding love after having little success with traditional online dating methods.

These little football fans will melt your heart.

Police say a Kansas woman has been arrested after an emaciated dog was found locked in a kennel and placed in a dumpster last week.

About a dozen people were injured when a nitrogen tank exploded at the Beechcraft aircraft plant in Wichita, authorities said.

A mailman’s quick actions likely saved Christmas for many people waiting on their Amazon packages.

Authorities discovered a camel, a cow and a donkey roaming together along a Kansas road in a grouping reminiscent of a Midwestern Christmas Nativity scene.