The central Kansas town of Russell is close to moving into its most stringent water conservation stage.

The trial of a dispute between Kansas and Nebraska over use of water in the Republican River basin will begin Monday, Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt said today.

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment reports Friday residents of Wellsville no longer have to boil water before use.

Officials say Daryl True, 57, died before a fire started in his room at the Traveler's Inn, 3846 SW Topeka Blvd.

We now know the name of the man killed in an early morning crash Thursday on K-4 Highway in Wabaunsee County.

Baldwin City officials are negotiating to bring a dinner train to town from Nebraska.

The Kansas Star Casino in Mulvane is looking for 400 more workers as it prepares to open a permanent casino and hotel.

No one was injured after a home in West Topeka caught on fire early Friday morning.

Neighbors and community members gathered tonight to look over the plans for the four acre Southboro park.

The KBI executed ten search warrants in Wichita, Emporia, El Dorado, and Arkansas City.

The grants are aimed at reducing the size of the mountain of DNA testing requests and turnaround time for samples as the demand for DNA testing continues to grow.

The attorneys for a Manhattan murder suspect are trying to get his alleged confession to police thrown out before his upcoming trial.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) _ The University of Kansas Hospital has become the official health care provider of the Kansas City Chiefs and will have its name on the team's training facility near Arrowhead Stadium.

Anyone who has ever received a traffic ticket, has probably thought about contesting it - and not least because he or she couldn't read the officer's handwriting.

Two people were taken to St. Francis after a collision at 28th and California Thursday.

Firefighters and police officers showed their colors for women -- and men-- battling cancer.

A new cyberweapon that secretly steals bank account information from its victims was exposed on Thursday.

The Kansas National Guard ushered one of their very own into retirement after over 40 years of service.

Washburn Rural High School launched a building construction program this past year and constructed a home for Habitats For Humanity.

A man convicted for his part in a botched murder-for-hire scheme in 1992, has been granted parole. Joseph Johnson, 91, could be out of prison on or after January 1, 2013.

Kansas Law Enforcement have been drug busts in Emporia, El Dorado and Arkansas City in connection with the packaging and selling of the synthetic drug known as potpourri.

The new Topeka Menards Super Store, 6401 SW 17th St., will open for business on Tuesday, August 14, 2012.

Fire officials say one person died after a fire at a south Topeka motel.

A Topeka man ended his murder trial by pleading to a lesser charge in the shooting death of a neighbor.

A head-on collision killed one man and injured 3 others Thursday morning on a two-lane highway in Wabaunsee county.