Police say an eastern Kansas teenager is lucky he didn't get shot after pointing a toy assault rifle at an officer he thought was a member of an opposing Airsoft team.

The Reno County Sheriff's Department is looking for a red Chevrolet Impala that apparently tried to pull a motorist over using red and yellow lights mounted on the dashboard.

A Salina cab driver who thought working in this central Kansas community would be a breeze compared to his previous stint in Atlanta is stabbed two weeks into his new job.

Speaker Ray Merrick expects the Kansas House to approve a bill cutting sales and income taxes that's an alternative to a tax plan from Republican Gov. Sam Brownback.

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

Out of the 102 counties in Kansas, Ford County comes in 26th when ranked by resident health, according to the fourth annual County Health Rankings, released Wednesday by the Robert Wood Johnson Found…