Health officials across the country say that if you went to a Thanksgiving gathering with anyone outside your household or immediate family, you should assume you have been exposed to COVID-19 and should make plans to get tested while avoiding people who are high risk in the meantime.
Atlas had broken with government experts and the overwhelming consensus of the scientific community to criticize efforts to encourage face covering to slow the spread of the coronavirus.
The Raise My Head Foundation offers a two-year residential program to help women rebuild from the ground up.
Here’s a feel-good story we’re talking about in your neighborhood for Monday, Nov. 30, 2020.
Sedgwick County Republican leaders on Monday chose a replacement for the county commission seat previously held by Michael O’Donnell.
Outgoing President Donald Trump approved the briefings for Biden last Tuesday, a day after his administration approved the formal transition process to his successor.
All students in the Wichita school district will move to remote learning by the end of the week.
Health experts had pleaded with Americans to stay home over Thanksgiving and not gather with anyone who didn't live with them.
As vaccines move closer to approval and then into people’s arms, facilities like Wichita’s Hunter Health Clinic are preparing for the time they’ll be able to get a vaccine into their buildings.
Civil rights groups praised the ruling by U.S. District Judge Alison J. Nathan as the first of its kind in the nation to set such a rule for the U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agency.
In a few weeks, Major, fellow German shepherd Champ and the TBD feline are expected to make the move to the White House.
The photo of a Houston doctor consoling an elderly patient is going viral.
Stocks pulled back slightly from their record levels Monday as Wall Street put a quiet coda on one of its most rocking months in decades.
Wichita’s new Riverfront Stadium is the current home of a Triple-A affiliate with the Miami Marlins organization. Rumors say the distinction for the Wichita Wind Surge could change with a possible move from Triple-A to Double-A.
COVID-19 relief, a $1.4 trillion catchall spending package, and defense policy — and a final burst of judicial nominees — dominate a truncated two- or three-week session occurring as the coronavirus pandemic rockets out of control in President Donald Trump’s final weeks in office.
Since transitioning to remote learning early last week, some parents in the McPherson school district are struggling to get school lunches to their students at home.
A midweek storm could leave several inches of snow on parts of Kansas.
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Iowa officials on Monday certified a Republican candidate as the winner by six votes of an open seat in the U.S. House, in what is shaping up to be the closest congressional election in decades.
Joe Biden’s victory in battleground Wisconsin is scheduled to be certified following a partial recount that only added to his 20,600-vote margin over President Donald Trump.
Wichita police arrested two teenagers for robbery and battering officers on Sunday.
Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said during a news conference at the state Capitol that his office continues to investigate any credible claims of illegal voting and violations of state election law. His office currently has more than 250 open cases from this year, he said.
Emergency lines were briefly down over the weekend, an outage that affected half of Kansas. For about three hours Sunday afternoon.
The Sedgwick County Health Department (SCHD) is changing its COVID-19 investigation protocol.
Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley, the longest-serving Republican senator and third in the line of presidential succession, is back in the Senate on Monday after testing positive for coronavirus two weeks ago.
The OPEC nations, led by Saudi Arabia, will reconvene Tuesday, according to a short statement from the cartel’s Vienna headquarters. The talks will include additional members from a wider group, known as OPEC Plus, that also includes Russia.
The Supreme Court sounded skeptical Monday that President Donald Trump could categorically exclude people living in the country illegally from the population count used to allot seats among the states in the House of Representatives.
Kansas added 4,425 new cases of COVID-19 from Friday to Monday, bringing the statewide total to 157,446.
Arizona officials have certified Joe Biden’s narrow victory over President Donald Trump in the state.
Melania Trump says it pays tribute to and showcases the “majesty” of the United States.
Police won’t be opening a major investigation into the disappearance of a mysterious silver-colored monolith that generated international attention and a mess when curious visitors made their way to the site of the discovery in the Utah desert.
A top Iranian security official on Monday accused Israel of using “electronic devices” to remotely kill a scientist who founded the Islamic Republic’s military nuclear program in the 2000s.
Traveling, dining out and holiday parties might not the best idea this year as the world grapples with the coronavirus pandemic, but there are still plenty of fun ways you and your family can enjoy this winter season.
An attorney for the state Department of Corrections wrote in a letter to the South Carolina Supreme Court last week that the agency cannot carry out the execution of Richard Bernard Moore due to the lack of drugs, which it has not had stocked since 2013. The Associated Press obtained a copy of the letter.
A 62-year-old man was rescued Sunday after hanging on to his capsized boat well off the Florida coast.
Mark Inglett, spokesperson for the United States Postal Service says USPS is operating at capacity.
Independent experts are leery because key test results have not been published and the test has not been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration — it’s being sold under more general rules for commercial labs. But they agree that a simple test that can be done in a doctor’s office has long been needed.
President-elect Joe Biden on Monday announced his senior economic team, including his plans to nominate the first woman to head the Treasury Department.
Dictionary.com on Monday declared “pandemic” its 2020 word of the year.
It’s Cyber Monday again, and some retail analysts say it could be a record-setting day.
One of the three people who were hurt was arrested.
Moderna Inc. said it would ask U.S. and European regulators Monday to allow emergency use of its COVID-19 vaccine as new study results confirm the shots offer strong protection.
Kaavan, a 1985 gift from Sri Lanka to Pakistan, had been living in the Marghazar Zoo in Islamabad with his partner Saheli, who died in 2012. The zoo fell on hard times and conditions got so bad that a court in the Pakistani capital ordered the zoo closed in August.
The head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said this season broke records across the board.
The coronavirus vaccine inching toward approval in the U.S. is desperately anticipated by weary Americans longing for a path back to normal life. But criminals are waiting, too, ready to use that desperation to their advantage, federal investigators say.