State and Region

Lawmakers want the Chiefs and Royals to come to Kansas, but a stadium plan fizzled

TOPEKA — Some Kansas lawmakers see a chance to lure Kansas City's two biggest professional sports teams across the Missouri border, but an effort to help the Super Bowl champion Chiefs and Major League Baseball's Royals finance new stadiums in Kansas fizzled over concerns about how it might ...

1 person dead, homes destroyed after tornado rips through northeastern Kansas

WESTMORELAND — One person died Tuesday when a tornado ripped through the small city of Westmoreland in northeastern Kansas, destroying houses, RVs and outbuildings, authorities said. Pottawatomie County officials said on Facebook that a tornado struck the city of about 700 people Tuesday ...