Kansas

The only Asian American lawmaker serving in the Kansas Legislature says he was physically threatened in a western Kansas bar by an out-of-state patron, who he said questioned if he had been carrying COVID-19.

A Kansas woman who just turned 18 won the lottery with the very first ticket she’d ever bought.

With the U.S. vaccination drive picking up speed and a third formula on the way, states eager to reopen for business are easing coronavirus restrictions despite warnings from health experts that the outbreak is far from over and that moving too quickly could prolong the misery.

A man linked to the Kansas City metro chapter of the Proud Boys was charged Monday with conspiring with members of the group to participate in the riots at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.

Residents in Tulsa, Oklahoma City and Wichita, Kansas, say they felt the earthquake.

Jose and Cindy Ibarra are struggling to cope with the murder of their 13-year-old daughter Brianna after she was dragged to death while attempting to escape a carjacking Saturday.

Christine Wheeler’s daily routine got a lot easier after she was gifted a free van for the holidays by sheriff’s deputies who saw her walking miles to work to support her family.

“He was born into an America recovering from the Great Depression and about to face World War 2, times of loss and sacrifice difficult for most of us to imagine,” the obituary said. “He died in a world where many of his fellow Americans refuse to wear a piece of cloth on their face to protect one another.”

A rural hospital in Kansas illustrates the depths of the COVID-19 crisis in small towns. It has been running out of healthy staff to care for the sick.

Donny Jackson, 40, is in custody. Police say he killed two boys, who were about 11 and 14, and then kidnapped their sisters, who are three and six. The little girls were found by the Oklahoma Highway Patrol late Saturday.

A 59-year-old man who prosecutors say threatened Wichita's mayor because he was upset about a mask mandate has been charged.

Shetara Sims, who recently lost her job, won $100 on a scratch-off ticket and opted to anonymously donate it to an officer shot in the line of duty.

Wesley Ira Purkey was put to death at the Federal Correctional Complex in Terre Haute, Indiana.

A U.S. judge has halted the execution of a federal death row inmate whose lawyers argue suffers from dementia.