$500 ACA refund checks from Trump administration coming soon. Who will get them?
Nearly 1 million Americans are expected to start receiving rebate checks from the Trump administration this week.
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Member of Lady A reveals cancer diagnosis days after Wichita concert
Charles Kelley, a member of the Grammy-winning group Lady A, shared his diagnosis in a video posted to Instagram on Tuesday.
Woman receives last-minute stay of execution from Tennessee court
It would have been Tennessee's first execution of a woman in at least 200 years.
We lose an hour of daylight (or more) in October: How short your days will get
Darker days are ahead as winter inches every closer. But just how short are days about to feel?
Kansas Legislature’s leaders still awaiting delivery of new bill-writing software program
TOPEKA — The bill-writing software for the Kansas Legislature that was supposed to be operational months before start of the 2026 legislative session in January remains ill-equipped for implementation. House Speaker Dan Hawkins, R-Wichita, said the objective was to work with contractor Propylon to get the system…
Marshall sends cease-and-desist to Hamilton over 'defamatory' medical debt ad
The ad has already received more than 1 million views on social platform X ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.
Bonds set at $2 million for men charged in 2019 death of Wichita restaurant owner
Benny Delgado, 36, and Jesus Alfredo Deleon, 27, made their first appearances in court.
Kansas Legislature’s budget cuts compel Fort Hays State University to close Sternberg Museum
Fort Hays State University, grappling with $2.4 million state-ordered spending cut, to close Sternberg Museum of Natural History.
Pilot on FlyDubai flight stabbed another, apparently tried to crash plane, Netanyahu says
A pilot stabbed another pilot and then apparently tried to crash to aircraft carrying dozens of Israelis on Wednesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said. Passengers and crew subdued the attacker and the plane eventually made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia.
Fighting pilots force Israel flight to make emergency landing, officials say
A fight between pilots on a commercial flight from the United Arab Emirates to Israel forced the aircraft to make an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, according to two officials. The episode raised concerns about a possible hijacking of a plane carrying dozens of Israelis and prompted Israel to scramble…
Trump TV ads paid for with $20M in Homeland Security funds, Dems find
President Donald Trump is tapping $20 million in Homeland Security funding to pay for TV ads that heavily feature him ahead of the midterm elections, Democrats said Tuesday as the promos critics call propaganda come under bipartisan attack. The Trump administration recently moved the funds into a U.S. Customs and…
Gargantuan feedlot telegraphs woes for cattle and the environment
I was just reading about a feedlot in Nebraska, near where that state meets Kansas and Colorado. It is set to become the largest in the country, holding in one square mile up to 150,000 head — as many cattle as were driven here in 1886 during the peak of the great drives. After reading
US Supreme Court allows Trump to resume deportations outside immigrants’ home countries
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday granted, for now, the Trump administration’s request to continue rapid third-country deportation of immigrants to countries not their own. The decision will allow the Trump administration to carry out its aggressive deportation method of quickly removing immigrants to one…
News orgs banned from White House accuse Trump of First Amendment violation
WASHINGTON — The three news organizations that President Donald Trump barred from entering the White House grounds earlier this month have asked a federal judge to ensure their reporters continue to have access after a temporary restraining order expires in early October. Attorneys for CNN, MS Now and Politico filed…
Kansas Court of Appeals pokes hole in Wichita roofing employees’ overtime ruling
Kansas Court of Appeals finds state Department of Labor erroneously relied on federal law in case of eight roofers in Wichita denied overtime pay.
Profiles in resistance: Residents of this Kansas town unite in opposition to ICE and CoreCivic
LEAVENWORTH — Amid a clash between a new immigration jail and the city that hosts it, residents from Leavenworth and nearby areas gathered last month to talk strategies for protecting people held in the facility. For some, it was just the latest meeting in a long resistance against the jail opened by the private prison