Kansas GOP declares Young Republicans inactive after offensive messages surface

The Kansas GOP says the Kansas Young Republicans organization is inactive after leaked messages show the group's leaders making racist and anti-Semitic remarks. Digital news organization Politico says it obtained thousands of pages of chats among...

On redistricting, GOP is using governor's words against her

Kansas Republicans are using Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly's past comments to justify their own gerrymandering efforts. Gov. Kelly previously encouraged Democratic states to gerrymander in response to Republican efforts in other states. Top Kansas...

As the Medicare enrollment window opens, a new study gives Missouri and Kansas below-average scores

Kansas and Missouri are below average when it comes to the cost and quality of Medicare coverage. That’s according to a new scorecard from The Commonwealth Fund that looks at how seniors are faring under the government health insurance program...

Why Kansas basketball coach Bill Self promoted Jeremy Case on staff

LAWRENCE — Considering the conversation around how much longer Bill Self will serve as Kansas basketball’s head coach has become more prominent of late, a recent promotion might have caught some attention. Self and the Jayhawks announced earlier...

Northeast Kansas traffic stop leads to deportation 

A northeast Kansas traffic stop last week led to the driver's deportation, said Brown County Sheriff John D. Merchant. The Brown County Sheriff's Office on Oct. 11 handed over Diego Juarez, 39, of Lincoln, Nebraska, to the Department of Homeland...

Penn State notebook | Mike Rhoades highlights his overall young roster at local media day

Mike Rhoades stood underneath the basket with a stern look on his face during practice, yelling at his players while they went through drills. Rhoades is entering Year 3 at Penn State with the youngest squad in the Big Ten. He spoke on his team...

KU groups denounce racist texts that led to Kansas Young Republicans' shutdown

The Kansas Young Republicans organization was shut down after racist, homophobic and antisemitic messages from its two leaders were leaked by Politico. Kansas Young Republicans chair Alex Dwyer and vice chair William Hendrix were among the members...

PRESSLEY, WARREN, 70 MEMBERS OF CONGRESS URGE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TO ADDRESS STUDENT LOAN "DEFAULT CLIFF" TO PREVENT ECONOMIC DISASTER

The following information was released by the office of Massachusetts Rep. Ayanna Pressley: Republican policies have pushed record numbers of borrowers into default and delinquency "[T]his devastating increase in past due payments threatens not...

‘This village raised me’: Bucky McMillan returns to Mountain Brook for first SEC Media Days

Bucky McMillan at 2025 SEC Media Days (Caleb Turrentine / Bham Now) Bucky McMillan said he used to walk right past the future Grand Bohemian Hotel location when he was a kid, carrying a basketball to school every day. Now, as the first-year head...

Kansas town destroyed by tornado reinvents itself with clean energy

Two decades on, the memories of Greensburg's darkest moments are still painfully fresh. On May 4, 2007, an EF-5 tornado destroyed 95% of the small town in Kiowa County, Kansas, killing 10 people and injuring over 60 others. Dea and Tom Corns lost...

Kansas political leaders condemn extremist messages, call for resignations of Young Republicans

TOPEKA, Kan. (KCTV) - Kansas’ Republican leaders are demanding resignations after racist and violent messages from the state’s Young Republicans leadership sparked national condemnation. Politico revealed the racist and violent private messages...

Student Governing Association partners with police force for safer campus

Kansas State was the victim of a hoax swatting incident at Hale Library on Aug. 25 at 4:30 p.m., which the Riley County Police Department responded to. Students and faculty were ushered out of the building and waited for police to clear the scene....

No. 20 Baylor volleyball defeats Kansas State, snaps 3-match skid

By Jeffrey Cohen | Sports Writer The last time the Bears lost four consecutive matches was in November 2015. Success and consistency have been the standard for Baylor volleyball under head coach Ryan McGuyre, but coming off a three-match losing...

Tuition rates rise for Kansas universities

The Kansas Board of Regents voted unanimously on June 11 to approve the proposed tuition rates for each state university in Kansas, averaging the state tuition increase at 3.9%. Kansas State is set for a 3.5% or $179.25 increase in tuition for...

Nuclear startup wants to put reactor 1 mile underground in Kansas

A company with a vision of installing “discreet, bespoke,” small, nuclear reactors 1 mile underground for data centers and other electricity-hungry industries plans to put its first reactors in Kansas, Texas and Utah. Deep Fission, which says its...

Here are the states most and least impacted by the government shutdown

HARTFORD, CT (WFSB) - The current government shutdown marked the country’s 11th since 1976. The personal finance website WalletHub.com sought to compare how the states have been faring. On Wednesday, it released its report on the “States Most &...

Hawkeye Men's Basketball Media Day

IOWA CITY(KWWL)--Ben McCollum's coaching journey has been marked with success at the Division 2 and the NCAA Division One Mid-Major levels. During stops at Northwest Missouri State and most recently at Drake. McCollum's teams won 13 conference...

Woman pleads no contest in Oklahoma murders of two Kansas women

GOTTEN INTERNATIONAL ATTENTION. TIFFANY ADAMS HAS PLEADED NO CONTEST TO SIX OF THE NINE CHARGES AGAINST HER IN THE MURDER OF HER GRANDCHILDREN’S MOTHER, VERONICA BUTLER, AND JILLIAN KELLY. ADAMS IS IN CUSTODY IN TEXAS COUNTY AND WAS ACCUSED OF...

The Up-and-Coming City in Kansas That’s Perfectly Sized

Kansas dairy operation recognized at World Dairy Expo

McCarty Family Farms, Rexford, Kansas, has been honored as the 2025 Dairy Producers of the Year at World Dairy Expo in Madison, Wisconsin. The award, presented on Oct. 1, recognizes the McCarty family’s long-standing commitment to producing...