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This month's Tallgrass Film Festival in Wichita will celebrate the legacy of Kansas-born actress Hattie McDaniel, the first Black American to win an Academy Award.

The Kansas Board of Education is calling on the state’s public schools to eliminate Native American-themed mascots within five years.

The law doesn’t go as far as a proposed Parents' Bill of Rights that Governor Laura Kelly vetoed last spring. But it's raising similar questions and fears among teachers that routine classroom discussions might now be illegal.

Educators tout social-emotional learning as a way to make children into better students and more empathetic people. Critics see it as a way to push social justice issues.

Derek Schmidt issued an attorney general’s opinion that said tighter abortion laws would not outlaw procedures to end medically dangerous pregnancies. But abortion advocates say the opinion is designed to build political support ahead of Tuesday's statewide vote on whether to allow for tighter abortion rules.

The action was taken over the officers’ involvement in racist and violent text messages.

The Kansas teacher shortage has been building for years. But new research by the RAND Corporation shows that the COVID-19 pandemic increased teachers’ levels of stress and burnout, and may be accelerating the exodus.

A museum just north of Pittsburg is helping preserve the story of a famous protest by Kansas women more than 100 years ago.

Despite extensive damage to several neighborhoods, authorities say only four people were injured in Friday night's storm that ripped through the Wichita and Andover areas.

The recommendations follow an investigation into racist text messages by some police officers.