Kansas News Service

The National Weather Service says there's a chance of strong winds and hail, with a low risk of tornadoes, on Tuesday across the metro.

As commissioner, Jake Steel will lead the Kansas State Department of Education in overseeing the state’s K-12 public schools.

The family of Charles Adair, who died last July after a sheriff’s deputy knelt on his back, said Wyandotte County Sheriff Daniel Soptic showed “deliberate indifference” in failing to train his deputies. Deputy Richard Fatherley, who has been charged with second-degree murder in Adair’s death, is also named in the suit.

An interactive exhibit in a Crossroads art gallery aims to astonish earthly and extraterrestrial visitors alike. Wichita, Kansas, artists and spouses Mike Miller and Meghan Miller have created inventive ways to make art from found and salvaged objects.

The Kansas Statehouse isn’t just where debates are held and laws are made. It’s also a living museum, filled with quirky artifacts and quiet tributes to the people who built the state. KPR's Courtney Lane recently took an official tour and filed this report.

The judge has ordered the release of immigrants at least 23 times in the past eight months, ruling they were held too long without deportation in violation of constitutional limits.

Idella “Lupi” Gardner, 38, is believed to have fired the shot that killed Aviva Okeson-Haberman, a KCUR reporter, nearly five years ago, a federal judge said Monday. Aviva Okeson-Haberman’s murder was “emblematic of the senseless, everyday gun violence that plagues this community,” a federal prosecutor said.

A community health center in southeast Kansas hopes exposing kids to health care careers through fun activities could lead them into the field in the future. It’s one way to hopefully fight a long-term shortage of health care workers in rural areas.

The 11-member group will oversee one of the largest economic development projects in the state’s history. We put together a guide to the sports authority's responsibilities, membership and more.

Kansas lawmakers are on their annual break and will return next week to vote on potentially overriding the governor's vetoes.