Every month or so, when Gina Robinson was an administrator for the Winterset school district, she would set a marble on the floor of her office and watch as it rolled to a corner of her office. Each ...

Under his bill, local governments could apply for a conversion if a school earns below an “A” for five consecutive years. Those schools would then become “job engine charter schools” aimed ...

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The Vatican on Tuesday announced Pope Francis’ choice of Bishop Shawn McKnight of Jefferson City, Missouri, as the next archbishop of Kansas City ... University in Wichita from 2000-2001.

A Wichita-based organization dedicated to bolstering trade for businesses in the state of Kansas has closed down after its contracts with the city and state were discontinued. After helping ...

One of downtown Milwaukee's signature historic buildings is being converted from offices to apartments. The Mitchell Building, 207 E. Michigan St., will add around 60 apartments, including loft ...

Prior to his nomination as bishop of Jefferson City, McKnight, one of seven children, was a priest of the Diocese of Wichita, Kansas, where he was ordained in 1994. The bishop has a bachelor’s ...

Voters in the North Kansas City Schools district will decide on a $175 million bond issue for a performing arts center, school renovations and more. It is a “zero tax increase bond issue ...

Wichita's North High School is considered a local architectural landmark. Repairs to the school's foundation and exterior walls have cost $33.4 million so far, with several phases yet to be completed.

WICHITA, Kansas — Structural repairs to two of Wichita’s oldest high schools have cost nearly $60 million over the past three years — an expense leaders say prevents them from upgrading and repairing ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Police are investigating after a shooting left two people dead and two people injured outside a Kansas City, Kansas, apartment ... Headlines from Wichita, Topeka and around ...