A Sedgwick County inmate being housed in Osborne County escaped Sunday night, but was re-arrested early Wednesday in Elk County.

Two Kansas lawmakers are introducing measures aimed at limiting employers' access to job applicants' social media accounts.

Saline County authorities say a television crew has been in Kansas looking for Bigfoot.

Two men accused in the death of a 34-year-old Topeka woman have been extradited to Kansas from Texas.

A new study by a non-partisan Washington research group says the poorest Kansans pay a much higher percentage of their incomes in state and local taxes than do the state's wealthiest residents.

Officials of Sedgwick County and the city of Wichita are preparing to release a community survey about future community and infrastructure investments.

A northeast Kansas man has been sentenced to more than a year in prison on a federal bank fraud charge.

For Wednesday, January 30

New light system will save $133,000 in utility costs

Hundreds of college students from across the state are lobbying to keep current law in place

The bond issue passed Tuesday by more than 500 votes.

Police arrested 17-year-old Joshua Dean Hickey Tuesday, who was previously convicted of similar crimes late last year.

A state parks official says tests have confirmed that an animal killed by hunters in Trego County in December was a wolf.

A bill that seeks to regulate strip clubs and other adult businesses in Kansas has resurfaced in the Kansas House.

Whole Foods Market says it is voluntarily recalling some 4-ounce Whole Catch Wild Alaskan Sockeye Salmon, cold-smoked and sliced, after a sample tested positive for listeria.

A bill proposed in the Kansas Senate would increase penalties for human trafficking and try to protect victims under the age of 18.

A Dodge City gang member was sentenced to nearly four years in prison after a fight between gang members.

Israel's ambassador to the United States is delivering the latest Landon Lecture at Kansas State University.

The director of a northeast Kansas health insurance consulting company is running for next year's Republican nomination for state insurance commissioner.

A Kansas Senate committee is holding two days of hearings on Gov. Sam Brownback's tax plan amid questions about whether it is fair to the state's poorest residents.

A new report says January's limited moisture across most of Kansas has caused the winter wheat crop to deteriorate.

About 30 families have joined together together in hopes of making change.

Case is similar to reports in other parts of Kansas

Three other teens and one adult were hurt.

The KDHE issued the emergency order of suspension against Laugh and Learn Day Care