The number of reported measles cases in Kansas grew slightly over the past week, and while the outbreak has not spread to the Kansas City metro, it is getting closer.

About 180 Williston-area students are isolating at home after three schools were notified by public health officials of ...

A new Kansas law is making it so that health departments across the state can no longer prohibit public gatherings in the ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Wyandotte County Sheriff’s Office arrested more than a dozen people in an “offender sweep” this week. From Monday, April 7, to Friday, April 10, the sheriff’s ...

KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Wyandotte County is home to only one Brazilian Jiu Jitsu program. One Community Jiu Jitsu Club was started by Ray Freeman in August 2024. Freeman coaches kids and adults ...

The Kansas Legislature overturned the governor’s veto of a bill that opens state and county health officials ... “My big concern is with the measles outbreak in southwest Kansas,” said ...

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Kansas Legislature stripped ... to prevent the spread of tuberculosis. KDHE currently reports 77 TB cases in Wyandotte County. “We value the vital role our ...

Now, as Kansas grapples with a major tuberculosis outbreak and rising measles cases ... In a statement to The Star, Wyandotte County Administrator David Johnston criticized the law’s adoption, which ...

LAWRENCE, Kan. – Kansas Rowing welcomes Minnesota, Iowa, and San Diego to the third annual Double Dual on April 11-12, marking the first of two home regattas at Wyandotte County Lake. "I am incredibly ...

The KDHE said the confirmed cases in Kansas are possibly linked to the outbreaks in Texas and New Mexico. A majority of the cases are in children. Sixteen cases were found in children ages 5-17 ...

An outbreak of tuberculosis within Kansas City in the United States has been ongoing since Jan. 2024 and has highlighted new trends of TB in the United States. According to March 2025 U.S. Centers for ...