First, the good news: A bill approved Wednesday by the Kansas House of Representatives by a vote of 72 to 49 that would allow for Jim Crow-style anti-gay discrimination seems unlikely to pass even in the Republican-controlled Senate, according to Senate President Susan Wagle.

Pat Roberts leads a pretty quiet life in the Senate. The senior Kansas Republican has been in the upper chamber since 1997, though most people would be hard-pressed to pick him out of a crowd. It might prove challenging for residents of Kansas, too, since he doesn't even have a house there.

On Thursday, a Kansas judge ordered a man who donated sperm to a lesbian couple to pay child support, despite the fact that the man and the couple signed a contract waiving him of his parental rights.

Last week, a 17-year-old boy was arrested in Topeka, Kansas, for planning to shoot twopolice officers and two administrators at his high school. That story is awful, but at least something good came from the event: a few localnews reporters introduced us to the chillest high school bro, like, ever.

The Kansas mother of a 13-year-old boy says he son was suspended from school indefinitely because he refused the assistant principal's order to stop wearing a purse.

A server at a Carrabba's Italian Grill in Kansas was shocked to find a note left behind by a pair customers praising him for his excellent service, but denying him a tip due to his "homosexual lifestyle."

Dozens of people gathered Tuesday outside the Towne East Square mall in Wichita to protest the arrest of a black man who was charged with criminal trespassing for walking around the mall in a black hoodie with a sign around his neck that read "If I don’t stand for something then I will fall for anything #RIPTrayvon Martin."

Kimberly Kidwell and Katie Short of Little Rock, Arkansas, gathered with their beloved on the front yard of The Equality House in Topeka, Kansas, this past Saturday to join themselves in the sight of God, family, and the Westboro Baptist Church.

A woman visiting the circus in Salina, Kansas, had a too-close encounter with an escaped tiger in the most unlikely of places: The bathroom.

Kansas governor Sam Brownback signed the state's far-reaching anti-abortion bill Friday, surrounded by a smiling group of pro-life onlookers at a Statehouse ceremony. But among them, unseen, was the original anti-abortion power duo.

Another day, another Republican official uses a racist term "from their youth" that hasn't been in use for decades.

Two steps forward, one million steps back, as the old saying goes.

Fresh off a $75,000 windfall from a winning lottery ticket, two brothers who sought to celebrate with copious amounts of meth and marijuana ended up blowing up their house instead.

Have you seen this mouse?

Get to know Jack Wu, a God-fearing Christian man running for a seat on the Kansas Board of Education.

The three Republican members of the Kansas State Objections Board said yesterday they were looking at a complaint that President Obama is not a natural born US citizen, and considering whether to remove his name from November's ballot.

Walmart employees disturbed by the lewd conduct of two shoppers alerted police to the display, prompting the couple's arrest.

It was an unwelcome sight for sure, but the tornado that swirled toward the farm in Harper, Kansas, where Caleb and Candra Pence were exchanging I do's ultimately provided a singularly memorable backdrop for their wedding photos.

A powerful storm system hit the Midwest last night, and is expected to continue today: 121 tornadoes were reported. At one point, the twisters "popped up faster than they could be tallied."

After purchasing three Mega Millions tickets on Thursday night, Bill Isles was promptly struck in the head by a stray bolt of lightning. He is living proof that we should all avoid planes, sharks, and vending machines like the plague.