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A new coalition is launching a campaign to get Kansas to expand its Medicaid program as encouraged by the federal government's overhaul of health care.

A man from Dodge City charged with 16 sexual offenses plead guilty to two counts of aggravated sexual battery Monday in Ford County District Court. The remaining 14 counts were dismissed.

The Dodge City Police Department is continuing an investigation into a weekend stabbing that left one man dead and another in custody for second degree murder.

A Sedgwick County sheriff's deputy and a male suspect are hospitalized after a car chase, and a female suspect is in custody.

A 34-year-old Wichita man is charged with first-degree murder in a fatal accident that occurred while he was fleeing from police.

Kansas City could have a big, new YMCA downtown by early 2016 but three smaller neighborhood YMCAs will be closed.

A Kansas Court of Appeals panel travels to Hays this week to hear oral arguments in eight cases.

The Kansas Board of Education will get an update this week on school-related legislation and an effort to develop new standards to guide science instruction in the state.

Wichita police say a 4-year-old boy was critically injured when he was accidentally shot in the head with an air rifle at his home.

A Sedgwick County judge is considering whether to allow evidence of a 1989 murder during a trial in a Wichita woman's death in 2011.