Chief Justice Lawton Nuss announced Monday that the legislature appropriated enough funding to keep the courtroom doors open.

A Kansas prison inmate serving nearly two decades for molesting a 4-month-old has admitted sexually abusing a 10-month-old girl in Oklahoma and could face a life prison term in that state.

Federal prosecutors say a Wichita doctor and his company have agreed to pay $1.5 million to settle allegations of submitting false claims to the Medicare program.

Johnson County health officials are investigating 111 cases of whooping cough reported since January.

After 134 years of service, the Capuchin-Franciscan friars will return the ministry of a Hays parish to the Diocese of Salina.

A Fort Riley soldier is facing several charges after police say he led state troopers and officers on a high speed motorcycle chase through Manhattan and out onto Interstate 70.

The Annual Media Challenge Blood Drive encourages local competition to help save lives.

Riley County police say a Fort Riley soldier's death at his home in Manhattan appears to have been the result of an accidental drug overdose.

Beginning Monday, May 21, and continuing through Sunday, June 3, drivers can expect increased police presence on the campus as the university Police Department joins more than 150 other law enforcement agencies in aggressively enforcing the state occupant restraint and other traffic laws as part of the 2012 Kansas Click It or Ticket traffic enforcement campaign.

A year after a tornado dealt what some thought was a final blow to the east-central Kansas community of Reading, residents are proud of their recovery.

Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach opposes an attempt by a state senator and others to get involved in a federal lawsuit over the state Legislature's failure to redraw political boundaries.

The ouster of the senior curator of Kansas State's Beach Museum of Art is raising concerns about whether the museum's mission will change.

Gov. Sam Brownback is scheduled to speak at a national wind energy conference next month.

Kansas legislators want to provide more help for college students who struggle academically, but without having the state pay for remedial courses at its universities.

The Governor has ordered flags lowered in honor of a Kansas lawmaker who died Sunday night, following a one vehicle wreck in Wabaunsee County.

A Junction City man is being called a hero after he spared a young girl from being crushed under a collapsing porch. The man was seriously injured in the process and spoke to WIBW about how the risky feat played out and why he put himself in danger.

An eastern Kansas family is mourning the death of a 3-year-old who was found at the bottom of their backyard swimming pool.

Seaman High School seniors walked across the stage at the Kansas Expocentre Sunday.

Local high schools continued their graduation ceremonies Sunday. Shawnee Heights had its commencement at the Kansas Expocentre Sunday afternoon.

Officers responded to 1510 SW Lane (University Heights Apartments) regarding a drowning.

Close to 400 seniors from Manhattan High School received their diplomas on Sunday. The graduates received more than $1 million in scholarships to colleges and universities across the country.

A long and contentious legislative session drew to a close as lawmakers decided on one key issue.

Kansas legislators have returned to the Statehouse to wrap up work on the next state budget and close out their annual session.

In an effort to educate the public on the new voting law passed in 2011, Secretary of State Kris Kobach will be holding a series of public meetings in May and June in 11 cities throughout Kansas.

JOPLIN, Mo. (WIBW) President Obama will serve as commencement speaker and address this year's graduating class and their families during the annual ceremonies which will be held at Missouri Southern State University on monday at 7:15pm.