Fifty-nine-year-old Alan C. Nelson of Lawrence, Kan., died Monday after being struck by a Union Pacific train just east of the Missouri River.

The Secretary of Corrections says he will have to make $12.5 million in cuts if a legislative budget agreement is adopted.

Hays police said it happened around 2:30 a.m. in the 300 block of West 6th Street.

The Kansas Medicaid program provides no coverage for able-bodied childless adults.

The girl was taken to a local hospital with “life threatening” injuries and then flown to Wesley Medical Center in Wichita.

The deal emerged Friday from talks among three senators and three House members to reconcile differences between the two chambers.

Authorities believe the driver was traveling between 70 and 80 mph on a dirt road when he lost control.

Gov. Sam Brownback says Kansas residents want their legislators to get tax policy right and are willing to accept the annual session going longer than anticipated.

School districts in Kansas face the loss of about $7.2 million this coming school year in federal funding that's reserved for the highest-poverty schools.

The vote Friday was 109-5 against the measure.