Kansas

Cook Political Report shifts Kansas, South Carolina Senate races toward Democrats

The nonpartisan election handicapper Cook Political Report on Wednesday shifted the Senate races in Kansas and South Carolina toward Democrats, with just over a month before the November midterm elections. Kansas shifted from “likely Republican” to “lean Republican” for Sen. Roger Marshall’s (R-Kan.) race to keep his seat against Senate Democratic candidate Adam Hamilton. South…

The Hill•Ryan Mancini1h ago

• neutral toward Senate · 99%

Textron rolls out 500th Citation Latitude

Textron Aviation has rolled out the 500th Cessna Citation Latitude business jet from its manufacturing facility in Wichita, Kansas, marking a production milestone for the midsize aircraft, the company said. The milestone highlights continued demand for the Citation Latitude, which Textron Aviation describes as the world’s best-selling midsize business jet, and recognises the employees involved […]

AviTrader•Heike Tamm6h ago

• favorable toward Textron · 72%

Jeremiah Watkins Talks New Special ‘Crazy Pizza’ & Nearly 5-Year Journey Toward Getting Passed At The Comedy Store – Comedy Means Business Podcast

For Jeremiah Watkins, as for many comics, building a show biz career has been a gradual process — the result of a decades-long, consistent grind in a variety of lanes, rather than one single flash-in-the-pan moment. A Kansas native, Watkins went all-in on the pursuit of his dream after moving to Los Angeles in the […]

Deadline•Matthewgrobar20h ago

Kansas judge reportedly convicts driver in death of teacher whose husband was killed months prior

Ashleigh Boyd died in a car crash months after Adan Manzano, a TV reporter, was killed in Louisiana while preparing to cover the Super Bowl A Kansas school teacher’s fatal car wreck on Monday reportedly led to a vehicular homicide conviction for the motorist who crashed into her – a verdict delivered just four days after a Louisiana jury found a woman guilty of the drugging death of the educator’s widower while he prepared to cover the 2025 Super Bowl for Telemundo. Todd W Armstrong’s one-day bench trial in an 11 April 2024 traffic collision that killed Ashleigh Boyd in Topeka, Kansas, resulted in the judge, Andrew Holmes, finding him guilty of vehicular homicide, according to the victim’s father, Brian Hinck. Armstrong, who had pleaded not guilty, was tentatively scheduled for sentencing in November, Hinck said. Continue reading...

The Guardian•Ramon Antonio Vargas22 Sept

Brad Keselowski crew chief Jeremy Bullins to exit RFK Racing, effective immediately

There will be a change atop the No. 6 RFK Racing pit box of Brad Keselowski, with Jeremy Bullins parting ways with the organization. Bullins is set to take a new opportunity elsewhere in NASCAR, while Mike Skarbowski will take over crew chief duties for Keselowski from Kansas this weekend onwards. "We're excited for Jeremy and his family as he embarks on a new opportunity," a statement RFK ... Keep reading

Motorsport.com21 Sept

Inflation and tariffs shake Republican-leaning states in the Midwest

A Democratic challenger is running neck-and-neck with Republican incumbent Roger Marshall in the Kansas U.S. Senate race, reflecting broader national discontent with the Trump administration's economic policies and local controversies surrounding Marshall's medical debt collection practices.

The Hill•Juan Williams, opinion contributor21 Sept

Senate GOP sees battleground map widen amid voter anger over economy

Senators in both parties say the Senate midterm election battleground map has expanded significantly six months before Election Day, putting the GOP majority in greater jeopardy. Several solidly Republican-leaning states — including Kansas and Nebraska — are now seen as being in play, the senators say. Democrats can also add New Hampshire to the list…

The Hill•Alexander Bolton21 Sept

• neutral toward Senate · 97%

Union Jack Classic fails to spark on the pitch but electric atmosphere fires up Wembley

Arizona State cantered to victory against Kansas in the first US college football game to be staged in the UK You sensed that Britain’s first US college football game in nearly 40 years was going to be a very different experience when Wembley Way began to reverberate to the sound of steel, muscle and a few whoops long before kick-off. The noise came from the Arizona State Sun Devils’ marching band, who were so energetic their horns and trombones swished from left to right like air raid lights hunting a target as they played. Soon there came a riposte from the Kansas Jayhawks’ marching band, along with more cheers from the large crowd outside the stadium. Continue reading...

The Guardian•Sean Ingle at Wembley19 Sept

Senate Republican on campaigning in ‘close’ red state races: ‘These oughta be fat guy layups’

Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) said Republicans are facing unexpectedly close Senate races in traditionally red states as the party fights to maintain its majority in November. Kennedy told reporters Thursday that he plans to travel to Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa this weekend to campaign and raise money for Republican Senate candidates. “If you told me…

The Hill•Finya Swai18 Sept

• neutral toward Senate · 98%

Woman found dead in suitcase at fire station

A homicide investigation is underway after a 67-year-old woman was found dead in a suitcase at a Kansas fire station, police said.

ABC News18 Sept

Democratic Senate candidate in Kansas won’t support Schumer for leader

Adam Hamilton, the Democratic candidate running for Senate in Kansas, says he will not support Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) serving another term as Democratic leader if the megachurch pastor defeats Kansas Sen. Roger Marshall (R) in November. “I’m not supporting Schumer for leader,” Hamilton told CNN’s Kasie Hunt in an interview. “I’m saying let’s look…

The Hill•Alexander Bolton18 Sept

• neutral toward Senate · 98%

US wheat farmers navigate uncertainty amid drought and geopolitical chaos

Some experts worry factors affecting wheat exports could push global food prices even higher than they are now Wheat prices are at their highest level in three years, which means farmer Merrill Nielsen should be getting more for his crops out of his 2,500-acre (1,010-hectare) Kansas farm. Yet even as future prices for bread-type wheat are up 39%, Nielsen is unsure whether increased prices will raise his bottom line. The price of diesel fuel, which he needs to run his tractor, has hit record highs. Then there’s the erratic weather that made him lose his entire wheat crop in the spring, and drought has overtaken the southern Great Plains. Continue reading...

The Guardian•Debbie Carlson18 Sept

Democrat leads Marshall in tight Kansas Senate race: Poll

Democrat Adam Hamilton narrowly leads Republican Gov. Roger Marshall in a tight race for Senate in red Kansas, according to new polling.  A new The Hill/Emerson College Polling survey found Hamilton ahead by 2 percentage points, with 45 percent to Marshall’s 43 percent. Another 4 percent chose Libertarian candidate David Graham, and 8 percent were…

The Hill•Julia Mueller18 Sept

‘He was making history, not copying it’: the greatest Gordon Parks photographs

As a new exhibition celebrates the 20th anniversary of the Gordon Parks Foundation, those who knew him discuss his most powerful images Gordon Parks was not only a renowned photographer but also a poet, composer, director and mentor to so many, past and present, a Renaissance man whose talent spanned disciplines. Born in Fort Scott, Kansas, Parks used his craft to illuminate the lives, worlds and humanity of people. He created the Gordon Parks Foundation with Life magazine editor Philip B Kunhardt Jr in 2006 to promote and support artistic and educational initiatives that advance his legacy and vision. In celebration of the foundation’s 20th anniversary, the Jack Shainman Gallery in New York will present the exhibit Gordon Parks: Voices in the Mirror , named after his final memoir published in 1990. Continue reading...

The Guardian•Briana Ellis-Gibbs18 Sept

Tailgate parties, marching bands... and Ted Lasso? Wembley hosts US college game

Wembley will host its first American college football game on Saturday and one of Kansas' most famous fans could be among the 60,000 crowd.

BBC18 Sept

Tailgate parties, marching bands... and Ted Lasso? Wembley hosts US college game

Wembley will host its first American college football game on Saturday and one of Kansas' most famous fans could be among the 60,000 crowd.

BBC18 Sept

Conor Daly returns to NASCAR Truck Series with Kaulig at Kansas

Veteran IndyCar driver Conor Daly will be taking part in next weekend's NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at Kansas Speedway. This will be Daly's eighth career NASCAR Truck Series start and his second of the 2026 season. He will again be driving the No. 25 RAM 1500 for Kaulig Racing. Earlier in the summer, he started 29th and finished 26th for the team at IRP. “Indianapolis was all ... Keep reading

Motorsport.com17 Sept

Brian Dubiski: ‘Everything I do is about Madison. It’s a big reason I did this game at Wembley’

Man behind US college football’s landmark match in London has dedicated his life to improving crowd safety since his daughter was killed in a crowd crush at a concert aged 23 On Saturday afternoon, as he looks out at the crowd of 60,000 he has helped entice to Wembley Stadium, Brian Dubiski’s dream will become a reality. But, as Arizona State and Kansas make history by playing the first US college football game in Britain, Dubiski will think most of his daughter, Madison, who was crushed to death at the age of 23. Madison and nine other people were trampled and suffocated by a crowd at a Travis Scott concert in Houston in November 2021. Dubiski now dedicates his life to keeping people safe at sporting events and concerts and, since December, Wembley is one of the stadiums that follows the protocols he introduced. Continue reading...

The Guardian•Donald McRae17 Sept

Kansas city asks 10th Circuit to save sign regulation after cheeseburger challenge

The owner of the 100-year-old Cozy Inn burger joint in Salina, Kansas, sued the city to block enforcement of an ordinance attempting to regulate a UFO cheeseburger-themed mural designed by local artist Colin Benson.

Courthouse News•Amanda Pampuro16 Sept

Kansas’s former GOP governor backs Democrat over Marshall for Senate

Former Kansas Gov. Bill Graves (R) on Tuesday endorsed Adam Hamilton, a Democrat challenging Kansas Sen. Roger Marshall (R). Saying the country is “facing increasing partisan gridlock and division,” Graves said it is “time Kansas does something different” and elect Hamilton, a Methodist minister. “For the last six years, Senator Roger Marshall has turned his…

The Hill•Max Rego16 Sept

• neutral toward Senate · 99%