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Iceberg lettuce is linked to cyclospora outbreaks in nine states. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report includes Kansas but not Missouri, where over 1,000 cases have been reported this year.

Missouri's 2026 back-to-school tax-free weekend begins Friday and lasts through Sunday at midnight.

Leaders with Newhouse, located in Kansas City, Missouri, say the domestic violence shelter's air conditioning system went out on Monday when temperatures reached 92 degrees outside.

Ottawa City Manager Thatcher Moddie suggested city commissioners get outside legal counsel to advise their next steps regarding a citizen-led data center ballot petition.

“Seventy percent of the tips we approve for an award are never collected because, truly, it's the anonymity component that people are interested in," he said. "They don't necessarily want the money — they're doing it for the right reasons.”

Residents delivered what they call a "demand letter" to Ottawa City Hall on Monday after city commissioners decided to take no action on a citizen-led initiative petition regarding data centers.

Kansans across the state are using K.S.A. 12-3013 to get citizen-led proposed ordinances to ban data centers before local governing bodies.

The North Lawn Apartments Tenant Union announced Friday it has made a relocation agreement with Kansas City, Missouri, Mayor Quinton Lucas and city staff.

The East Lawrence Recreation Center's once-ordinary ping pong table now sports the signatures of Algerian World Cup players.

A mother and her 11-year-old daughter are spreading a message of compassion after they were injured and their dog was killed in a car accident Tuesday morning in Ottawa, Kansas.