17+ hour, 59+ min ago   (519+ words) By JONATHAN ZWEYGARDTHays Post Members of the Hays and Russell communities met with the regional administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency this week as he traveled across western Kansas. Jim Macy, who leads EPA Region 7, which covers Kansas, Missouri, Iowa…...

17+ hour, 41+ min ago   (192+ words) KANSAS CITY —Law enforcement are investigating another homicide in Kansas City, Missouri. Just after 11a.m. Thursday, police were dispatched to report of an injury accident at 48th Terrace and Vermont Avenue, according to KCPD Captain Jake Becchina. While en route officers…...

17+ hour, 56+ min ago   (119+ words) Hays Post 1 dead, 1 critically injured after Kansas crash on motorbikes WYANDOTTE COUNTY —One person died in an accident just after 10:30p.m. Thursday in Wyandotte County. The Kansas City, Kansas Police Department Traffic Fatality Unit reported three individuals were traveling westbound…...

21+ hour, 41+ min ago   (828+ words) Like most politically motivated campaigns, supporters on either side often adopt catchy slogans or invoke themes intended to inflame emotion. While they sound good on the surface and in social media posts, they frequently fail to tell the whole story....

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (584+ words) RUSSELL— PureField Ingredients in Russell conducted a ribbon-cutting for its carbon sequestration project on Wednesday and announced plans to double its ethanol production capacity at the plant. The plant is authorized to store 150,000 metric tons of carbon annually, equivalent to…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (441+ words) High Plains Mental Health Center Since its founding in 1964, High Plains Mental Health Center (HPMHC) has remained committed to providing accessible, compassionate, and high-quality behavioral health services to the communities it serves throughout northwest and north central Kansas. Over more…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (275+ words) The Kansas Wetlands Education Center (KWEC) invites the public to join its staff for a free, family-friendly Perseid meteor shower watch party on Friday, Aug. 14, from 8:30 to 10:30 p.m. This annual event celebrates the end of summer as the Earth passes through…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (214+ words) KANSAS CITY—A Kansas City teen faces charges for allegedly attempting to steal a vehicle and then shooting and critically injuring one person last year. Nathaniel L. Pearson faces 1st Degree Assault, Armed Criminal Action, and Attempted Stealing a Motor Vehicle,…...

2+ day, 57+ min ago   (447+ words) TOPEKA — The Kansas attorney general demanded three cities repeal their bans on conversion therapy for minors following a U.S. Supreme Court decision that found such bans violate the First Amendment. Attorney General Kris Kobach sent letters Thursday to city officials in…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago   (117+ words) Hays Post Kansas man killed in violent semi crash POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY, Iowa—A Salina man died in a violent crash just after 6a.m. Wednesday in Pottawatomie County, Iowa. Iowa State Patrol reported a semi driven by 64-year-old Charles Grandpre of…...