Kevin Morby is releasing a new album, Little Wide Open, on May 15 via Dead Oceans. Now he has shared its third single, ...

This new Kevin Morby album, hoo boy. As soon as I heard Little Wide Open, it went into heavy rotation, and my fandom went into overdrive. I can’t wait for you to hear it. If I was a huge cornball I ...

The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 led to a violent conflict known as Bleeding Kansas over whether the territory would be a free or slave state. The state has a complicated past that includes both ...

In 1976, Kansas recorded the song “Carry On Wayward Son.” The opening song released on the progressive rock band’s fourth studio album, Leftoverture, became their first Top 40 hit, reaching No 11 on ...

Lecompton's Constituion Hall, 319 Elmore St., as seen on March 5, 2026. The Lecompton Historical Society is hosting a special event celebrating the 170th anniversary of the building — which played a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As state capitols go, there's no place like Kansas. The Sunflower State's traditionally-domed, 304-foot-tall Statehouse stands ...

As state capitols go, there's no place like Kansas. The Sunflower State's traditionally-domed, 304-foot-tall Statehouse stands crowned by a 22-foot, 2-inch marble statue of a warrior from the Kanza ...

Kansans really should be ashamed of lawmakers for their recent actions targeting transgender people — and worse, putting what some have said amounts to a bounty on innocent people they don’t like ...

Between 1855 and 1859, a guerrilla war broke out in Kansas, ignited by pro-slavery Democrats who sought to make Kansas a slave state. The violence there — which gave the name “Bleeding Kansas” to this ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The American bison, like the one seen at the Maxwell Wildlife Refuge in McPherson County, is the state animal of Kansas. Maxwell ...

Topeka has been the capital of Kansas since it became a state in 1861. Lecompton, Leavenworth, Pawnee and the Shawnee Baptist Mission site all served as territorial capitals. Lawrence acted as the "de ...