The Senate approved legislation Tuesday to make Juneteenth, or June 19, a federal holiday commemorating the abolition of slavery in the United States.
Missouri is one of sixteen states that have enacted legislation allowing college athletes to profit from their name, image, and likeness. However, Kansas legislators failed to send a similar bill to the governor's desk this session, putting the state’s elite college programs at a recruiting …
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly joined area dignitaries, community supporters and corporate sponsors for the groundbreaking on the Phase 1a restoration project of the Historic Dunbar Theater near 9th and Cleveland in Wichita. Learn more about the restoration project and see renderings of the final …
Four Kansas nonprofit organizations have been selected as grant recipients of a new initiative to increase equity in school readiness and educational outcomes created by the Kansas Health Foundation (KHF) and the United Methodist Health Ministry Fund (Health Fund). Recipients include Kansas …
Members of Alpha Kappa Alpha had requested their own Kansas License tag, an effort that Rep. Gail Finney (D-Wichita) had been working to get approved for several years. This year, Finney and the ladies of Alpha Kappa Alpha scored a victory with their new custom tag approved as part of a pack…
A state Senator from Wichita has been arrested for DUI and other charges.
After decades of trying, a broad coalition of community organizations and supportive elected officials have been able to get a bill proposing major reforms in Kansas’ driver’s license suspension laws approved by the Kansas Senate Transportation committee. It’s a step that has supporters opti…
Middle-income families may now benefit and time to apply expanded
Kansas House legislators cast support March 1 behind a bill increasing community regulatory oversight for construction of urban electric transmission mega poles.
Ian Demory, one of six candidates vying for the open District 3 seat on the Wichita City Council, prides himself on being a family-oriented man who believes education will play a large role in creating change for the district.
Artists from all over Missouri felt the excitement and adrenaline as they rehearsed their performances for the very first All Missouri Music Awards (AMMA) on the Kansas City Scottish Rite Temple’s lit up stage.
Kansas City Police Department’s East Patrol Division is hosting a Back-to-School Drive to provide school supplies to local students in need as well as a Family Fun Night.