Gov. Sam Brownback plans to speak at a Memorial Day service outside the small, eastern Kansas town of Garnett.

Police are looking for the driver of a green minivan who is described as a black man with long hair and in his 20s or 30s. The vehicle hit a 12-year old who was riding a scooter Tuesday evening.

Westar Energy says thieves hit a substation at 12th and Clay sometime between 1:30 pm and 6:30 pm Wednesday. Topeka Police say Westar puts the losses at $300,000 between damage done and what was taken.

State Revenue Secretary Nick Jordan Wednesday morning said the Division of Motor Vehicle's new computer system is up and working.

Oil rigs are springing up in farmers' fields. "No vacancy" signs hang in the windows of local motels, and a steady stream of trucks barrel through Main Streets. Along the state's southern border, the once-quiet farm towns are quickly transforming into boomtowns.

A World War II veteran whose character appeared on the HBO series "Band of Brother" made a stop at Fort Riley Wednesday.

More than 40 groups took part in today's event, hosted by Kansas Department of Health and Environment and Capital City Wellness.

An accident in a Junction City roundabout left quite a mess for crews to clean up after a semi truck carrying 60,000 lbs. of trash tipped over on its way to the landfill.

Flags will fly at half-staff across Kansas Saturday to honor a soldier from Wichita who died in Afghanistan.

Wichita police say a bicyclist who died last weekend was hit by one vehicle and run over by a second _ and neither driver stopped.

Drivers around Hutchinson shouldn't rely on their friends to alert them to sobriety checkpoints.

Wild horses and burros will be up for adoption at an event in Hutchinson on June 1-2.

Memorial Park Cemetery in Lawrence will not have its traditional ``avenue of flags'' on Memorial Day because thieves stole a trailer full of flagpoles.

Law enforcement officials from across Douglas County were on high alert Wednesday (5/23), but their effort to take down two active shooters, was just a drill.

The University of Kansas says 149 employees have expressed interest in a buyout offer.

A disgruntled man identified as Ray Miles broke into WIBW-TV, 631 SW Commerce Place, at 9:20 a.m. Wednesday and fought with employees before he was taken down.

Hundreds of volunteers are lined up to participate in the 8th annual Alex's Lemonade Stands at Hy-vee locations throughout Kansas and Missouri to raise funds for childhood cancer.

Wednesday, the Second Chance on Shoot First Campaign sent letters to all 165 members of the Kansas State Legislature urging them to reform or repeal their Shoot First Law.

A 19th-century church in eastern Kansas is one of 10 sites nominated by the state Historical Society for placement on the National Register of Historic Places.

An alternative energy company is the latest tenant at a new University of Kansas incubator facility.

Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt says legislators took important steps this year to protect children from sex offenders.

Excited teens are taking on a very unusual fundraising project, to help in a homebuilding project for people in poverty in East Tennessee. Here's how you can help, or even have a neighbor "flocked."

Twenty-seven individuals filed requests to intervene in a lawsuit over Kansas redistricting in U.S. District Court before the midnight Monday deadline.

No new sentencing date has been set for 38-year-old Adam Longoria. Sentencing had been scheduled for June 8.

Topeka community leader and pastor Tobias Schlingensiepen said Tuesday that he is forming a committee to run for the 2nd Congressional district seat.