Manhattan Regional Airport recorded the lowest temperatures in Kansas on Monday of minus 12 degrees and on Tuesday of minus 15.

The towns selected for Missouri and Kansas are both around three hours away from Kansas City, so you can take a weekend to visit one of these places in 2025 named one of the top 50 most charming small towns in the United States.

It's no wonder that maintaining savings, paying down debts and mortgages, and regular expenses are taking precedence over vacations. But not everything that's enjoyable has to come at a high price. In fact, there's a roster of completely free things to do in Kansas.

The four U.S. House members from Kansas voted to approve legislation to compel federal law enforcement to detain for possible deportation undocumented immigrants accused of nonviolent property crimes.

Temperatures are forecast to plummet below average for much of the nation, with the most severe cold gripping areas east of the Rocky Mountains and reaching as far south as the Gulf Coast and Florida. Dangerous wind chills are likely across many areas of the Southeast, too.

Steven Fish, of Garnett, Kansas, was unable to register to vote in 2014 under a state law requiring people to show proof of their U.S. citizenship, and he returns to the same strip mall where he went to register, Monday, Dec. 9, 2024, in Lawrence, Kan. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

The price of beef is at all-time highs, but a major policy initiative of the incoming Trump Administration could drive them higher. In an industry that's already strapped for workers, mass deportations could put some ranchers and feedlots out of business.

In 2020, the earliest known U.S. death linked to the novel coronavirus took place in Kansas. The case wasn't identified, though, until mid-2021, when the victim's doctor amended their death certificate based on a review of the case. The first reported death in the United States didn't happen until Feb. 29.

A new tool will allow many taxpayers in Kansas to electronically file their taxes directly with the Internal Revenue Service this year at no cost. Filing taxes can be both costly and time-consuming; The U.

Republicans expanded their supermajority in Kansas, despite pressure from Democrats. What went right for Republicans and wrong for Democrats?

The polar vortex of ultra-cold air usually stays penned up around the North Pole, spinning like a top. But sometimes it escapes or stretches down to the United States, Europe or Asia — and that’s when large numbers of people experience intense doses of cold.