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A Jackson County Circuit Court judge blocked enforcement last week of nearly all Missouri laws that restrict abortion, ruling the 2024 passage of Amendment 3 enshrined the right to an abortion in the state constitution. Missouri has already started and stopped abortion services several times this year as legal battles continue.

This saga began in March 2021 when Geary County sheriff's deputy Bradley Rose pulled over a motorist on Interstate 70 because he noticed half of the word "Illinois" couldn't be easily read on the tag. But a unanimous Kansas Supreme Court said that wasn't enough to qualify as reasonable suspicion of a crime.

Evergy Kansas Central customers will see bills increase about 8.6% to fund the construction of two natural gas plants and a solar plants. Evergy last received a $41 million rate hike in 2023.

High schools in Kansas are graduating a higher percentage of students than ever before. But some people worry that the growth of credit recovery could be lowering standards and allowing students to get a diploma without the skills they need.

The Satanic Grotto sought a permit at the Kansas Statehouse to protest "Christian favoritism within our state government." State officials say they denied the permit because of safety concerns, after the group's last protest ended with several arrests.

Frank Waugh, a meteorologist at KAKE-TV, and filmmaker Lester Rowe recently produced a short film called “Echoes of the Storm,” recounting the 1955 Udall tornado in which 80 people died.

This week on "The Range" ... the coziest concert venue in town. Also, a new documentary that uncovers the past of the Udall tornado.

The Farha Backyarder Series transforms one Eastborough couple’s home into an intimate concert venue.

Homeowners would see $5.75 in savings for every $100,000 their property is worth, but that would likely be offset by increases to appraised values.

Pay raises approved unanimously by the Kansas Board of Regents range from 4% to 12% and come as most Kansas colleges have cut budgets and raised tuition to address projected enrollment declines.