Sen. Jerry Moran issued a media advisory Wednesday that he will attend a 2 pm Thursday event to formally announce KU's designation as a National Cancer Institute.

Johnson County District Attorney Steve Howe said Wednesday that he's trying to replace an expert witness whose testimony supports allegations that the Planned Parenthood clinic in Overland Park performed illegal abortions in 2003.

The Salvation Army Topeka Citadel is in dire financial straits, but Majors Dan and Mary Burris arrived at the church with an open mind.

A Kansas prosecutor has acknowledged in court that he faces a new problem in pursuing a criminal case against a Planned Parenthood clinic in the Kansas City area.

The central Kansas town of Russell is taking steps to conserve water.

More Kansas growers are cutting down their corn crops for silage to feed livestock as they struggle to salvage what they can from parched fields hard hit by another season of drought and heat.

The man accused of killing a Junction City woman in front of her toddler has asked for an expert to help work on his case.

It's National Ice Cream Month. Celebrate by earning free Baskin Robbins when you donate blood at the Pint for Pint Blood Drive in Topeka Thursday and Friday.

Jurors recommended Thursday that convicted killer Luis Aguirre serve a life sentence.

The National Research Council is scheduled to release a new report that assesses three options for building a new biosecurity lab in Kansas.

A former Sedgwick County elections official and Wichita city council member has been hired to fill a vacancy as inspector general for Kansas Medicaid programs.

50-year-old Curtis Small is being held for second degree murder in the early morning stabbing death of his brother. Small was previously convicted for escaping the Shawnee Co. Jail in 1994 with a convicted triple murderer.

A 44-year-old Wichita woman has died after being shot by police officers.

John Knight, Shawnee County parks and recreation director, says the plant, called Eurasian Watermilfoil, has been spreading at Lake Shawnee and can cause a dense surface canopy that interferes with swimming, fishing and boating at the lake.

A three-judge federal appeals court has upheld a ruling that removes a legal hurdle for the Kansas Department of Transportation to finish building a controversial trafficway in Lawrence.

The Kansas State Board of Education is requesting an additional $450 million in state spending on public schools for the 2014 state budget cycle.

23-year-old Jordan J. Collins is a court ordered registered offender who is not properly registered with law enforcement.

Topeka's Fiesta Mexicana royalty cut the ribbon to officially kick off the 79th Annual Fiesta Mexicana Tuesday night.

A new class of Topeka Police officers will hit the academy in 2012. The decision to re-stock the force came from Topeka City Council members on Tuesday (7/10).

The Community Blood Center is in critical need for blood for those in the greater Topeka area.

Wellness Information Network, or WIN, had people jumping rope for optimal well being Tuesday at Burger Stand

The Topeka Metro hosted a public roundtable meeting to discuss new additions to two of its most popular bus routes.

Geary County authorities say a Junction City man has been arrested for raping an underage girl.

Kansas lawmakers voted to proceed with an audit of the state's problematic motor vehicle's system.

The trial of a former Kansas law enforcement instructor accused of killing his wife has been delayed until December.