How data centers lost in the midterm elections

Beyond political parties and individual candidates, there was a clear loser in the 2026 midterms: data centers. As these essential pieces of AI infrastructure become increasingly unpopular, they’re meeting staunch resistance at the ballot box.

Mom who plowed into soccer field and killed 2 will not face charges, DA says

A driver whose pickup truck plowed onto a youth soccer field, killing a young boy and a father, will not face criminal charges following an investigation, prosecutors announced.

Police identify 6-year-child, adult killed when truck drove onto Kansas soccer field, no charges filed so far

Wichita Police say the woman who was taken into custody after driving a truck onto a soccer field on Saturday afternoon, killing 2 and injuring nearly a dozen others, has not been charged pending test results in the ongoing investigation. 

Sixth-grader finds 85-million-year-old fossil on club field trip

Corbin Bullard didn’t know exactly what he’d found while on a field trip with his 4-H Geology Club, “but I knew that it was something big."

Kansas elementary school teacher found dead in snow days after going missing

A Kansas elementary school teacher who went missing after leaving a downtown bar late Friday night was found dead in a wooded area near where she was last seen, authorities said.

Kansas City Chiefs announce plans to leave Missouri
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While the Chicago Bears are looking to find the location for a new stadium, the Kansas City Chiefs announced their plans to move out of Missouri and into the state of Kansas.

Kansas officers shot while responding to domestic violence call; Suspect dead

Four Kansas law enforcement officers — three Osage County deputies and a Highway Patrol trooper — were shot Saturday morning while responding to a domestic violence call.

Police release major update after viral video shows screaming woman being pulled from doorway

A woman seen in a surveillance video that appeared to show her being forcibly pulled away by a man outside a Wichita home on Sunday has contacted police, they said Tuesday afternoon.

Kansas measles cases reach 23; new Ohio outbreak sickens 10

A growing measles outbreak in Kansas has reached 23 cases and may be linked to earlier outbreaks in Texas and New Mexico. Ohio is now reporting 10 cases, with wider exposure concerns.

Woman saves $12,000 by shopping with coupons, quits job

A Kansas woman who said she saves $3,000 a year by using coupons for her shopping said it gave her the financial freedom to quit her full-time job.