Debate format, borrowed from a national group called Braver Angels, allows for civil discussions of contentious issues. A ...

The Journal is partnering with Tallgrass to show the film "Wood Street," which about a homeless encampment removal in Oakland, California.

Flor Sanchez and her daughter, Jasmine Figueroa work full-time and both work equally hard in a myriad of volunteer and civic engagement roles in Great Bend. Credit: Dale Hogg Dating back to the final ...

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The city is required to keep property that can be legally saved for retrieval for 30 days. If items are impounded, a note should be left behind to notify the owner. But, homeless people told The ...

Students protest immigration enforcement presence in Liberal. Protests occurred across several towns in the region. Credit: Calen Moore/Kansas News Service Editor’s note: This story is being ...

Kansas had 700 fewer farms in 2025 than in 2024 and used 200,000 fewer acres of land for farming. The smallest farms declined the most. Farms with annual sales of less than $10,000 fell by 300. Farms ...

An unidentified Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer examines the driver’s license of Dodge City, Kansas, resident Guadalupe Navarrete on Sept. 23, 2026. Navarrete was driving with her father, ...

This is a developing story and will be updated. Editor’s note: This story is being republished from the Kansas News Service. A widespread Immigration and Customs Enforcement operation continued across ...

Volunteers prepare packages of food from the Kansas Food Bank Warehouse to pass out to people in need outside of the Evergreen Community Center. Credit: Travis Heying/The Wichita Eagle Editor’s note: ...

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Great Bend’s Hispanic community increasingly fills leadership roles in businesses, boards and local government, says the community’s chamber president, Megan Barfield, right, with Joyce Beadles Fry, ...