Two state agencies are "strongly" encouraging landowners to voluntarily reduce the number of acres they intend to burn this spring.
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Two local residents have been appointed to state boards.
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Gov. Laura Kelly has signed the state's budget bill that includes $65 million to support coronavirus (COVID-19) response efforts.
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Gov. Laura Kelly has issued several executive orders this week related to coronavirus (COVID-19) that range from limiting crowd sizes to pushing back the state income tax filing deadline.
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The Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kan., Public Health Department has confirmed that a second death in Wyandotte County related to coronavrius (COVID-19) occurred Monday, March 23.
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Miami County Medical Center, Olathe Medical Center and most of our Olathe Health primary care and specialty clinics are open and seeing patients, according to an Olathe Health news release.
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Helene Kambach’s smile was infectious as she worked alongside Osawatomie Rotary Club member Mark Fuchs to assemble a wooden bed frame for the club’s community service project during simpler times in mid-August.
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The Miami County Health Department reported that, as of 3 p.m. on Tuesday, March 24, the results of COVID-19 laboratory testing in the county have yielded 18 negative and one positive.
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The Miami County Commission has endorsed an emergency stay-at-home order issued by Dr. Donald Banks, Local Health Officer for Miami County, that covers a 29-day period, beginning Wednesday, March 25.
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Although Miami County still has no official cases of coronavirus (COVID-19), bordering counties in every direction have reported cases as numbers continue to increase throughout Kansas and the country.
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When Paola USD 368 Superintendent Matt Meek learned on the morning of Tuesday, March 17, that he was going to receive an update from Topeka, he was prepared to hear that his district’s spring break was going to be extended by a week or two due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
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Restricting large gatherings has had a big impact on a number of businesses, but it’s been an absolute punch in the gut to event venues.
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Beginning Tuesday, March 24, residents of Jackson County, Mo.; Johnson County, Kan.; Kansas City, Mo.; and the Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kan; will be directed to stay at home except for essential needs, according to an announcement from the CORE 4 partners Saturday,…
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The Johnson County Department of Health and Environment (JCDHE) on Saturday, March 21, reported its first death of a resident from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
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The Miami County Health Department reported Friday, March 20, that multiple Miami County residents have been tested for coronavirus (COVID-19) and all of those tests have come back negative.
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Like many high school seniors across Miami County, Libby Storey is trying to make sense of events that unfolded Tuesday, March 17, in Topeka.
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Because of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and due to lack of business action items, Miami County Commission's regularly scheduled meeting March 25 has been canceled, according to a county news release.
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As of Thursday, March 19, the Miami County Treasurer’s office will be closed to the public through April 1. County buildings have been closed until that date because of the coronavirus (COVID-19), according to a news release. The treasurer’s office urges people not to drop off or mail title …
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The Linn County (Kansas) Health Department announced Thursday, March 19, that the Kansas county's first case of coronavirus (COVID-19) has been confirmed through the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) laboratory in Topeka.
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