According to the Lawrence Journal World, the hospital was ranked number one hospital in the state of Kansas, and mentioned in U.S. News and World Report's best hospital rankings.

The board Tuesday interviewed a second finalist for the position, the first was interviewed last Wednesday.

27-year-old Ryan Michael Thompson pleaded no contest Tuesday in the death of 18-year-old Zachary Scholl Armold.

Eric Johnson says attracting air service to a market that has been without can be a long process, especially in a difficult economy.

The Kansas Highway Patrol is investigating reports that a man impersonated a patrol trooper in south-central Kansas.

A spokesman for ITC Holdings says 90 miles of a high-voltage line from Spearville to near Hays was energized June 29 and is operating smoothly.

Temperatures are forecast to hit 100 degrees or higher for the next several days with little or no precipitation likely.

A Tuesday court decision allows Hawker Beechcraft to enter into talks for the next 45 days with Superior Aviation Beijing Co. Ltd., despite the objection filed by the machinists union.

The Douglas County drill exercise was delayed due to a real emergency; a lab on KU's west campus is re-open after an early morning evacuation.

A record number of people applied for Kansas licenses to carry concealed firearms during the past fiscal year, Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt said Tuesday.

Mailings are to inform you of your voting place and the various districts you live in. The mailing will serve to verify addresses of registered voters in Shawnee County.

Officials say the first phase of an electric transmission line from Kansas to Nebraska is up and running, and construction of the second phase is ahead of schedule.

A 19-year-old eastern Kansas man has been sentenced to more than six years in prison for using text messages to solicit a 12-year-old girl for sex.

Health officials are urging residents to stay alert to the extreme heat and drought conditions as Kansas bakes under the summer sun.

A record number of people applied to carry concealed weapons in Kansas during the last fiscal year.

Some Republican incumbents for House and Senate seats are dismayed that the anti-abortion organization Kansans for Life has not endorsed them, despite their records on the abortion issue.

A man who was driving drunk when he hit and killed a bicyclist in Lawrence says he's grateful that the victim's family has forgiven him.

The Kansas State University Foundation raised a record amount during the last fiscal year.

A judge has ruled that DNA testing will be allowed on potential evidence in the killing of an 18-year-old Topeka woman.

A Fort Riley Soldier has died in Afghanistan. The native Kansan was found unresponsive and his cause of death is now under investigation.

A grant from the Kansas Department of Emergency Management allowed 19 counties in northeast Kansas to conduct a regional exercise Tuesday. Agencies throughout the region were able to practice their response in the event of a disaster involving a hazardous material.

Three men shot in northeast Shawnee County Friday are no longer under special guard at Stormont-Vail Hospital, where they continue treatment.

Frontier Airlines has announced plans to halt its flights between Wichita and Denver.

Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback is scheduled to tour areas of the state hit hard by drought.

Residents wanting to vote in the upcoming Kansas primary election have until Tuesday to register.