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Legislators are one step away from beginning negotiations on how Kansas will spend some $14 billion on government programs in the next fiscal year.

A judge has sentenced an inmate to about 11 years for escaping from the Ottawa County jail.

A man convicted in 2011 in the death of a 58-year-old woman has died at the El Dorado Correctional Facility, a prison official said.

The Kansas State Board of Education has sent a letter to Gov. Sam Brownback and state legislators reminding them of the board's authority to set state education standards.

At the City Commission meeting Monday evening commissioners approved the 2013 street program which includes street reconstruction and overlay projects that will take place this summer. General traffi…

A preliminary hearing for Braulio De La Cruz-Gonzalez, a Dodge City man accused of two counts of involuntary manslaughter, was held Monday after a three-week delay.

A former employee of a northeast Kansas credit union has been sentenced in federal court to two years of probation for embezzling $85,000 from the company.

Wichita State University-based organization brings expertise to town

A 39-year-old resident of Mexico who was living in Kansas has been sentenced to about five years in prison after pleading guilty to possessing weapons illegally.

A Dodge City man accused of first degree murder and child abuse will be arraigned on both charges April 4.